“The essential fault of surrealism is that it invents without discovering. To make a clam play an accordion is to invent not to discover. The observation of the unconscious, so far as it can be observed, should reveal things of which we have previously been unconscious, not the familiar things of which we have been conscious plus imagination.” ShouldHas BeensPlayImaginationEssentialsConsciousFaultsFamiliarObservationUnconsciousPlusDiscoveringSurrealismAccordionsClamsFamiliar Things Book:Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose Source: Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose
“A good taste in art feels the presence or the absence of merit; a just taste discriminates the degree--the poco piu and the poco meno. A good taste rejects faults; a just taste selects excellences. A good taste is often unconscious; a just taste is always conscious. A good taste may be lowered or spoilt; a just taste can only go on refining more and more.” FeelsMayArtGoes OnTasteDegreesConsciousFaultsExcellenceAbsenceMeritUnconsciousRejectsGood TasteRefiningSpoilt Author:Anna Brownell Jameson
“Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them.” FallPrayingConsciousFaultsMajesty Book:Sermons on Galatians Source: Sermons on Galatians
“The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none.” KnowsShouldSecretConsciousFaults Author:Thomas Carlyle
“Everybody wants their life to mean something, whether it's a conscious awareness or not, and that's why I've always known that the way liberals sell climate change works, because they tell people it's their fault but then they offer them redemption.” PeopleWayWantMeanKnownAwarenessOffersConsciousSellsFaultsClimateClimate ChangeRedemptionConscious Awareness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be parents. Faults are made and damage is done, whether it's conscious or not. Everyone's got their own 'stuff,' their own issues, and their own anger at Mom and Dad. That is what family is. Family is almost naturally dysfunctional.” MadeDoneKidsStuffParentIssuesMomDadConsciousDecidedFaultsDamageMom And DadDamage Is Done Author:Chris Pine
“Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.” MenDivineConsciousFaultsRepentanceRepentTrue RepentanceRepentance And Forgiveness Author:Thomas Carlyle