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“Ich habe [...] deutlich gemacht, dass der menschliche Wille kein anderes Ziel hat, als das Bewusstsein wach zu erhalten. Aber das geht nicht ohne Disziplin. Von allen Schulen der Geduld und der Klarheit ist das Schaffen die wirksamste. Es ist zudem das erschütternde Zeugnis für die einzige würde des Menschen: die unnachgiebige Auflehnung gegen seine conditio, die Ausdauer in einer für unfruchtbar erachteten Anstrengung. Es erfordert tägliches Sichmühen, Selbstbeherrschung, die genaue Abschätzung der Grenzen des Wahren, Maß und Kraft. Es begründet eine Askese. Und das alles "für nichts", nur um zu wiederholen und um auf der Stelle zu treten. Aber vielleicht hat das große Kunstwerk weniger Bedeutung an sich als durch die Bewährung, die es von einem Menschen verlangt, und die Gelegenheit, die es ihm bietet zur Überwindung seiner Gespenster und zur weiteren Annäherung an seine nackte Wirklichkeit.”

Book:Der Mythos des Sisyphos

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Der Mythos des Sisyphos

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Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French author and philosopher, born on November 7, 1913, and died on January 4, 1960. Known for his unique existentialist philosophy and profound insights into human suffering, Camus' works include 'The Stranger', 'The Plague', and 'The Myth of Sisyphus', which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

“During the act of making something, I experience a kind of blissful absence of the self and a loss of time. When I am done, I return to both feeling as restored as if I had been on a trip. I almost never get this feeling any other way. I once spent sixteen hours making 150 wedding invitations by hand and was not for one instance of that time tempted to eat or look at my watch. By contrast, if seated at the computer, I check my email conservatively 30,000 times a day. When I am writing, I must have a snack, call a friend, or abuse myself every ten minutes. I used to think that this was nothing more than the difference between those things we do for love and those we do for money. But that can't be the whole story. I didn't always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be able to do so, writing was always difficult. Writing is like pulling teeth. From my dick.”

Writing Art Humor Artist Writer Procrastination

Book:Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

Source: Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

“Nichts ergab einen Sinn, ausser seiner eigenen Verwirrung. Zumindest konnte er das begreifen, denn sobald man das Verständnis für die eigene Verwirrung verliert, ist man wirklich verloren.”

Chaos Sinn Verloren Logik Rationalität Verständnis Begreifen Irrationalität Verwirrung

Book:Wir Die Tragischen Wenigen

Source: Wir Die Tragischen Wenigen

“er [paul cezanne] zieht die grenze nicht zwischen den "sinnen" und dem "verstand", sondern zwischen der spontanen ordnung der wahrgenommenen dinge und der menschlichen ordnung des lebens und wissenschaften”

Wissenschaft Sinn Verstand

Author:MERLEAU-PONTY MAURICE

“It is the sound of the crowd that can be heard in the second, crescendoing rush of the orchestra that follows the final verse, rising from a hum to a gasp to a shout... fusing at last to a shriek (its similarity to the sound of the crowds at Beatle concerts is surely no accident). The onrushing sound of the orchestra at the end of "A Day in the Life" has transcended more than the conventions of Sgt. Pepper's Band. It is the nightmare resolution of the Beatles' show within a show. It is the sound in the eras of the high-wire artist as the ground rushes up from below. There is a blinding flash of silence, then the stunning impact of a tremendous E major piano chord that hangs in the air for a small eternity, slowly fading away, a forty-second meditation on finality that leaves each member if the audience listening with a new kind of attention and awareness to the sound of nothing at all.”

Lennon Mccartney A Day In The Life

Book:Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America

Source: Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America

“Your instincts may tell you that you can’t survive if you experience feelings. But they are leftover child instincts. They’re the ones that first told you to freeze your feelings. They themselves are frozen and haven’t grown with the rest of you. These instincts don’t know that you’re far more capable of learning to cope with overwhelming emotion now than when you were a [child].”