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“Inside you're like some kind of mirror, reflecting everything without absorbing it.”

Quote by Arthur J. Deikman

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Arthur J. Deikman

Arthur J. Deikman was a scholar whose profession remains unknown. Born on September 27, 1929, and passed away in 2013, his life and achievements are not well-documented. more

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“On either side in Time, there's nothing similar to Now, only memories or imaginings . The place you were ten seconds ago has vanished, and what is the place ten seconds ahead? There is nothing there. It's very odd.”

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“The artist's view of the world and mankind is that which seeks as far as possible to lose itself in its object, illuminating it not from the outside by some light foreign to it, but from within, deriving light from its own core.”

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“All knowing that goes beyond the immediate experience of the moment is a matter of faith.”

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