“We have lost contact with man's natural desire for the exalted, for a concern with our relation to absolute emotions.” MenDesireLostNaturalEmotionConcernRelationAbsolutesContactExalted Author:Barnett Newman
“Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before making it public. There is always an angle from which an absolute truth may appear askew just as there is always a personal emotion, or a personal agenda, which alienates the ultimate good of mankind.” ThinkingMenFirstsBelieveMayIdeasWould BeEmotionStepsMankindCrimeGainsUltimateAbsolutesOriginalsArguingDeceitAgendasFirst StepsAngleAbsolute TruthOriginal IdeasRecurringPersonal Gain Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based beliefs. Emotions are changing while truth is absolute. They don't believe simply because it sounds good, or deep, beautiful, happy, fun, cool, simple, or intelligent to them; but because it's true.” PeopleMindBelieveHeartBeautifulBeliefFunSoundSimpleEmotionTruth IsAbsolutesIntelligentDon't BelieveDeceitProviding Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I couldn't portray a women in all her natural loveliness.. I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty, the beauty that appears to me in terms of volume of line, of mass, of weight, and through that beauty interpret my subjective impression. Nature is mere a pretext for decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. I want to express the absolute, not merely the factitious woman.” WantArtTermNaturalLinesEmotionHavensSkillsMassWeightAbsolutesMereImpressionPlusSentimentsTranslateVolumeCompositionSubjectiveLovelinessPretext Book:Georges Braque Source: Georges Braque
“Sympathy is in great degree a result of the mood we are in at the moment; anger forbids the emotion. On the other hand, it is easiest taken on when we are in a state of most absolute self-satisfaction.” SelfStatesMomentsHandsResultsEmotionTakenDegreesAbsolutesSatisfactionMoodSympathySelf-satisfaction Book:Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Source: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“Awakening is waking up from the daytime dream and realizing that who you thought you were is not limited to thought, emotion or form. Beyond the imaginary seeker, beyond concepts and beliefs, there is a field of innocence and purity. We are this deep peace and sacredness, which is absolute and beyond all intellectual understanding. I invite you to recognize this Essence of Being and to directly realize the illusion of all psychological suffering due to misidentification, misperception of separation and attachment to conditioned thought.” DreamFormSufferingBeliefUnderstandingRealizingEmotionFieldsIntellectualIllusionConceptsEssenceWake UpAbsolutesDuesAwakeningSeparationPsychologicalInnocencePurityAttachmentWakingInvitesImaginarySeekersDaytimeSacrednessMisperception Author:Katie Davis
“I've always assumed it to be an absolute requirement for being a writer: to find all emotions and the sources of all behaviors somewhere within yourself.” EmotionSourceBehaviorAbsolutesRequirements Author:Luc Sante
“More and more, I have come to realize how thoughts and concepts are all that block us from always being . . . in the absolute. . . . When the view is there, thoughts are seen for what they truly are: fleeting and transparent, and only relative. . . . You do not cling to thoughts and emotions or reject them, but welcome them all within the vast embrace of Rigpa.” RealizingViewsEmotionConceptsAbsolutesEmbraceBlockWelcomeRejectsRelativeFleetingTransparentThoughts And Emotions Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good... Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.” IfsArtCharacterShowsSoundEmotionGreatnessMusic IsDignityAbsolutesVery GoodNobleTendernessNobilityPompousPopular Music Author:Arthur Rubinstein