“The great work of art is the complete banality, and the fault with most banalities is that they are not banal enough. Banality here is not infinite in its depth and consequence, but rests on a foundation of spirituality and aesthetics.” ArtEnoughSpiritualityArt IsConsequenceInfiniteFoundationFaultsDepthWorks Of ArtGreat WorkAestheticsBanality Book:Asger Jorn Source: Asger Jorn
“A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, be presumes to place himself on a level with genius.” LevelsGeniusConsequenceFaultsCriticsSevereDetection Book:The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster]. Source: The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].
“Sexually-transmitted diseases is caused by sexual activity and promiscuity it spreads diseases. That's been known, you know, about 400 or 500 years, that somehow these diseases are spread. If fault comes with people because of their personal behavior but it isn't to be placed on a burden on other people, innocent people, why should they have to pay for the consequences?” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldYearsPayKnownActivityDiseaseBehaviorConsequenceFaultsBurdenSpreadInnocentSexuallyPromiscuitySexually Transmitted DiseasesPersonal Behavior Author:Ron Paul
“In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the conduct of the whole, and to become distressed and depondent as a consequence. This would not happen if he had been prepared for this beforehand by exercises in peace.” IfsWarWholeHappensYoungMistakeExerciseConsequenceRegardFaultsPreparedSoldierUnusualFatigueEmbarrassment Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“There's a lot of important issues being brought to the world about America's role in proliferating weapons, about the lack of responsibility of anyone in authority in this country, you have the torture program, that NSA surveillance is Edward Snowden's fault, just like proliferation of weapons is these kids' fault. It's ridiculous, there's never any consequences, there's never any lessons learned.” WorldImportantCountryKidsAmericaResponsibilityRolesIssuesLessonsAuthorityWeaponsConsequenceProgramFaultsRidiculousTortureSurveillanceNsaProliferationImportant IssuesLesson LearnedSnowdenLack Of Responsibility Author:Guy Lawson
“There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.” ConsequenceFaults Book:North to freedom Source: North to freedom