“How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it survive, extreme and dangerous as it is? What compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature must it make to stave off the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine? Is birth always a fall? Do angels have wings? Can men fly?” MenWorldDoeMadeFallBornDealsSecretDangerousBirthAngelWingsExtremesBetrayalCompromiseCrewTranslationsFusionNewnessGuillotine Book:The Satanic Verses Source: The Satanic Verses
“Knowledge has two extremes. The first is the pure natural ignorance in which all men find themselves at birth. The other extreme is that reached by great minds, who, having run through all that men can know, find they know nothing, and come back again to that same natural ignorance from which they set out; this is a learned ignorance which is conscious of itself.” KnowsMenMindFirstsTwoRunningNaturalKnowledgeIgnoranceBirthPureConsciousExtremesSelf KnowledgeBack AgainGreat MindsTwo Extremes Author:Blaise Pascal
“I'd like to put the record straight about that. I've been labelled an irresponsible role model for young mothers, but none of it is true. I couldn't even walk for two weeks after the birth, let alone exercise. I ate very healthily all the way through my pregnancy and afterwards. I didn't do anything extreme.” WayTwoYoungMotherWalksRolesRecordsWeekBirthExerciseModelsExtremesPregnancyRole ModelsTwo WeeksIrresponsibleYoung Mother Author:Anna Friel
“In nature nothing is at standstill, everything pulsates, appears and disappears. Heart, breath, digestion, sleep and waking - birth and death - everything comes and goes in waves. Rhythm, periodicity, harmonious alternation of extremes is the rule. No use rebelling against the very pattern of life.” HeartUseSleepBirthBreathsWavePatternsExtremesDisappearRhythmWakingComes And GoesHarmoniousDigestionBirth And DeathStandstillPeriodicity Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“You cannot dissociate birth from death, creation from destruction, good from evil. Thus any art is a form of drama standing between the two extreme poles of birth and death, just like life is drama. This is not sad, because to be alive means to be mortal, to pass through.” MeanArtTwoFormLife IsEvilAliveCreationBirthDramaArt IsStandingDestructionExtremesMortalsBirth And DeathTwo Extremes Author:Paul Virilio
“The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know it. The artist is present to correct the delusions to which we are all prey in our attempts to avoid this knowledge." - James Baldwin, "The Creative Process” KnowsStatesArtistSufferingProcessCreativeBirthUniversalExtremesDelusionCreative ProcessPreyLove And Death Author:James A. Baldwin