“Art should be independent of all clap-trap - should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism and the like. All these have no kind of concern with it; and that is why I insist on calling my works 'arrangements' and 'harmonies.” ShouldKindArtEyeEmotionCallingConcernEarsHarmonyIndependentDevotionPityArtisticAppealsTrapsArrangementsStand AloneConfoundingPity Love Book:Delphi Complete Works of James McNeill Whistler (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of James McNeill Whistler (Illustrated)
“When the wind carries a cry which is meaningful to human ears, it is simpler to believe the wind shares with us some part of the emotion of Being than that the mysteries of a hurricane's rising murmur reduce to no more than the random collision of insensate molecules.” BelieveHumansEmotionMysteryShareCryWindEarsMeaningfulRisingCarrieHurricanesMoleculesCollision Book:Advertisements for Myself Source: Advertisements for Myself
“The music of Gavin Bryars falls under no category. It is mongrel, full of sensuality and wit and is deeply moving. He is one of the few composers who can put slapstick and primal emotion alongside each other. He allows you to witness new wonders in the sounds around you by approaching them from a completely new angle. With a third ear maybe.” MovingFallSoundEmotionWonderEarsThirdsWitSensualityWitnessCategoriesComposerAnglePrimalSlapstick Author:Michael Ondaatje
“A speech from Ernest Bevin on a major occasion had all the horrific fascination of a public execution. If the mind was left immune, eyes and ears and emotions were riveted.” IfsMindEyeLeftEmotionSpeechMajorsEarsOccasionsExecutionFascinationImmuneHorrific Author:Michael Foot
“The eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, are external plunderers; emotions, desires, and opinions are internal plunderers. But if the inner mind is awake and alert, sitting aloof in the middle of it all, then these plunderers change and become members of the household.” IfsMindEyeDesireEmotionOpinionSeeingMiddleMembersSittingEarsHearingAwakeInternalsTaoismHouseholdAloof Author:Zicheng Hong
“Observe people with cool eyes, listen to their words with cool ears. Confront feelings with cool emotions, reflect on principles with a cool mind.” PeopleMindFeelingsEyeEmotionPrinciplesEarsTaoism Author:Zicheng Hong