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“Once I began to consider everything as being of potential interest, objects released latent layers of value.”

Quote by Alain de Botton

Book:The Art of Travel

Work

The Art of Travel

Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel delves into the reasons why people travel, examining the psychological and emotional benefits of exploring new places. The book combines personal anecdotes with historical and literary references to offer a unique perspective on the act of traveling. more

Author

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is a Swiss writer and philosopher known for his books on philosophy, art, and culture. His work is characterized by its accessible exploration of profound themes, which has won him a wide audience. more

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“It is not just nature that defies us. Human life is as overwhelming... If we spend time in it [the vast spaces of nature], they may help us to accept more graciously the great, unfathomable events that molest our lives and will inevitably return us to dust.”

Ifs Life Humans May Helping Life Is Space Accepting Our Lives Events Return Dust Human Life Overwhelming End Times Spend Time Unfathomable

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“Memory is... similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection.”

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“Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene can decline with every click of the shutter.”

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“Rather than employing it as a supplement to active, conscious seeing, they used the medium as a substitute, paying less attention to the world than they had done previously, taking it on faith that photography automatically assured them possession of it.”

World Done Used Attention Seeing Photography Conscious Possession Active Mediums Substitutes Assured Supplements Employing

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“The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones.”

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Book:The Art of Travel

Source: The Art of Travel

“How do the stems connect to the roots?' 'Where is the mist coming from?' 'Why does one tree seem darker than another?' These questions are implicitly asked and answered in the process of sketching.”

Doe Seems Process Tree Roots Stem Mist Sketching

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“Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.”

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“Artistic accounts involve severe abbreviations of what reality will force upon us.”

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Book:The Art of Travel

Source: The Art of Travel

“It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane.”

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“It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad.”

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