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Quote by James Tiptree Jr.

“I cannot teach -- if I teach as teaching should be I become so exhausted I nearly die, I seem to have no middle gear.”

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James Tiptree Jr., whose real name was Alfred Bester, was an American science fiction author. His works are known for their profound philosophical insights and unique narrative style, which have had a profound impact on the science fiction genre. more

“The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination. What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent, that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful.”

Thinking Needs Use Meditation Activity Intelligent Insight Discrimination Buddhist Pointless Cultivation Unintelligent Buddhist Meditation

Author:B. Alan Wallace

“Love: It is like a cigar. If it goes out, you can light it again but it never tastes quite the same.”

Ifs Love Light Taste Cigar

Author:Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

“Art is not made only one way, art is a point of view? Rembrandt in our days would be Rembrandt again, because the work of the master is his self. But in order to be Rembrandt in ourdayshe would have used new ways that would give a new culture.”

Way Giving Art Made Self Would Be Used Order Culture Views Masters Art Is Point Of View One Way New Ways New Cultures

Author:Marianne von Werefkin

“There is no history of artthere is the history of artists.”

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Author:Marianne von Werefkin

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