“The painter's only solid ground is the palette and colors, but as soon as the colors achieve an illusion, they are no longer judged.” AchieveColorIllusionPainterJudgedPalette Book:Discoveries: Bonnard: Shimmering Color Source: Discoveries: Bonnard: Shimmering Color
“Spirituality does not require that you work hard toward achieving a result in the future as much as it requires you to be fully present, sincere and committed now, with absolute honesty and willingness to uncover and let go of any illusions that come between you and the realization of Reality.” DoeHardRealitySpiritualityResultsAchieveHonestyHard WorkLetting GoIllusionAbsolutesCommittedRealizationWillingnessSincere Author:Adyashanti
“The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion.” IdeasStatesAchieveSecurityMilitaryIllusionTechniqueArmament Book:Ideas and Opinions Source: Ideas and Opinions
“Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.” NeedsLittlesArtAchieveIllusionAbsolutesGreat ThingsLittle ThingsAbsolute Truth Author:Richard B. Garnett
“I think horror should have occult elements, not as its subject but as its ambition. It is a machine that destroys illusion. I, of course, never achieve this, but I always act as if I can.” IfsThinkingShouldI CanCoursesAchieveSubjectsHorrorElementsAmbitionIllusionShould HaveMachinesOccult Author:Tony Burgess
“The essential factor in the transition of the baroque to photography is not the perfecting of a physical process... rather does it lie in a psychological fact, to wit, in completely satisfying our appetite for illusion by a mechanical reproduction in the making of which man plays not part. The solution is not to be found in the result achieved, but in the way of achieving it.” MenWayDoePlayFactsLyingFoundProcessResultsAchieveEssentialsPhotographySolutionsIllusionWitPsychologicalFactorsTransitionAppetiteSatisfyingReproductionBaroque Author:Andre Bazin
“That's the rational premise behind my spending hours of billable time adjusting my Facebook preferences. The real reason, of course, for all this stuff, is that it provides a way to blow off work you should be doing, while creating the illusion that you are achieving something.” WayShouldRealReasonCoursesStuffHoursBehindsAchieveCreatingIllusionBlowSpendingRationalPreferencePremisesAdjusting Author:Jeffrey Zeldman