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Quote by Minna Antrim

“To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.”

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Minna Antrim, an American writer born on October 13, 1861, and died in 1950. Her works spanned across novels, poetry, and drama, and she is known for her unique literary style and profound portrayal of female characters. more

“Both art and science are bent on the understanding of the forces that shape existence, and both call for a dedication to what is. Neither of them can tolerate capricious subjectivity because both are subject to their criteria of truth. Both require precision, order, and discipline because no comprehensible statement can be made without these. Both accept the sensory world as what the Middle Ages called signatura regrum, the signature of things, but in quite different ways.”

“There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.”

World Natural Capable Starting Oneself Chosen Deceit Hype Chatter Condemning Deceitful Center Of The World

Author:Guy Debord

“Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of spirituality. To rise in an elevator, balloon, or airplane is to experience being liberated from weight, sublimated, invested with superhuman abilities. In addition, to rise from the earth is to approach the realm of light and overview. Therefore the negative overcoming of weight is at the same time the positive achievement of enlightenment and an unobstructed outlook.”

Source: The Dynamics of Architectural Form

“The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.”

Art Perception Neglected

Book:Visual Thinking

Source: Visual Thinking

“The least touchable object in the world is the eye.”

World Eye Objects

Book:Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

Source: Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

“Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.”

Thinking Art Areas Function Productive Evident Cognition General Education

Author:Rudolf Arnheim

“But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.”

Want Looks Eye Leader Media Weakness West Western Gdp Western Media

Author:Abu Bakar Bashir

“Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.”

Islam Fixed Stable

Author:Abu Bakar Bashir

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