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“Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.”

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This book offers a collection of brief, impactful insights designed to provide readers with quick, actionable wisdom for daily life. more

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Anthony de Mello

Anthony de Mello was an Indian writer, psychologist, and spiritual guide. His works, which blend Eastern philosophy with Western psychology, have been highly appreciated by readers. Born on September 4, 1931, he passed away on June 2, 1987. more

“I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance, . . . conditions which alert the total sensibility - cast it almost in stress - extend insight and response, the basic responsive range of empathetic-kinesthetic vitality.”

Source: Imaging Her Erotics: Essays, Interviews, Projects

“The visible is how we orient ourselves. It remains our principal source of information about the world. Painting reminds us of what is absent. What we don't see anymore.”

World Information Painting Source Remains Visible Principal Absent

Book:Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

Source: Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

“I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has a certain kind of amnesty. I feel, when I'm holding money, that the dollar bill has no more germs on it than my hands do. When I pass my hand over money, it becomes perfectly clean to me. I don't know where it's been - who's touched it and with what - but that's all erased the moment I touch it.”

Knows Feels Kind Moments Hands Certain Bills Dollars Clean Touched Germs Amnesty Dollar Bills

Author:Andy Warhol

“There is no rewind button on the BETAMAX of life.”

Buttons Rewind

Author:Nam June Paik

“Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it, and that had led on to the next one and the next.”

Art Shows Remember Next Taken Seeing Painting Transformed The Next One Matisse

Author:Anthony Caro

“I have put my talent into writing, my genius I have saved for living.”

Writing Talent Genius Saved

Author:Oscar Wilde

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