“Emotions are the key to many aspects of life. They are precisely the elements that make human beings human. I think the fact that emotions have been reduced and put off to the side in intellectual work, particularly in the 20th Century, is tragic.” ThinkingHumansHas BeensFactsSidesHuman BeingsEmotionCenturyKeysElementsIntellectualAspectTragicBeing Human20th CenturyAspects Of Life Author:Bill Viola
“So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern, moves us aesthetically only in so far as it possesses a force over and beyond its aspect.” LongArtMovingForceNatureDealsEmotionModernPaintingHighestAspectAncientObjectivesAesthetic Author:Lawren Harris
“Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way. Being explicit doesn't tap into the mystical aspect of it either in fact, that usually kills it because people don't want to see sex so much as they want to experience the emotions that go along with it. These things are hard to convey in film because sex is such a mystery.” PeopleWayWantHardFactsFilmSexPowerfulEmotionMysteryAspectFlatsMysticalDoorwaysExplicit Author:David Lynch
“The elegant study... is consistent with the themes of modern cognitive neuroscience . Every aspect of thought and emotion is rooted in brain structure and function, including many psychological disorders and, presumably, genius. The study confirms that the brain is a modular system comprising multiple intelligences, mostly nonverbal.” EmotionBrainStudyModernGeniusAspectFunctionStructureIncludingPsychologicalThemeConsistentDisorderRootedMultipleNeuroscienceElegantCognitiveThoughts And EmotionsNonverbalMultiple IntelligencesStructure And FunctionPsychological Disorders Author:Steven Pinker
“Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply confused about their emotions, and they don't regret certain aspects of their own foreign policy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsFilmCertainEmotionTalkingPolicyRegretAspectClimateCurrentsConfusedForeign PolicyDon't RegretAmerican Film Author:Neil Jordan
“I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.” MindHumansPhilosophyMomentsBodyMemoriesSpaceEmotionAliveAspectMedicinePrivilegeSensesAcknowledgeHuman BodyGood MemoriesSoma Book:Art Psalms Source: Art Psalms
“The culture and educational system of the contemporary West are based almost exclusively upon the training of the reasoning brain and, to a lesser degree, of the aesthetic emotions. Most of us have forgotten that we are not only brain and will, senses and feelings; we are also spirit. Modern man has for the most part lost touch with the truest and highest aspect of himself; and the result of this inward alienation can be seen all too plainly in his restlessness, his lack of identity and his loss of hope.” MenFeelingsSpiritCultureLostLossResultsEmotionBrainModernIdentityDegreesHighestTrainingAspectWestForgottenEducationalSensesContemporaryReasoningAestheticInwardAlienationTruestRestlessnessEducational SystemModern ManHis Loss Author:Kallistos Ware
“Horror is one of the few genres - romance and comedy are the other two that come to mind - that's all emotion-driven. It's not a rational genre, like science fiction is. It's irrational by nature. And it is capable of exploring all aspects of human experience.” MindHumansTwoRomanceEmotionFictionComedyHorrorCapableAspectScience FictionDrivenRationalGenreIrrationalExploringHuman Experience Author:Stephen R. Bissette
“Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.” SoulReasonEmotionLibertyTroubleHeroTerribleAspectSightBraveryRaisesExtraordinaryCalmAccidentsPreservesDisorderSurprisingPeril Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is there too, in the formal aspects of the poem. The emotions are there in the way the senses gather things into the poem.” WayMindBodyEmotionExpressionAspectInstrumentsSensesHelpfulPoetry IsFormalMusicality Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“The emotion, and the other aspect is that this relate to many different obstacle in life. Emotion, yes, I love emotion, for your information, very much so.” DifferentEmotionInformationAspectObstaclesRelateObstacle In LifeLove Emotion Author:Tommy Wiseau
“And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there are positive and negative aspects to all of these.” WellsEmotionResearchNegativeAspect Author:Pete Docter