“I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total despair, because the very fact that the art is made seems to contradict despair.” ThinkingShouldArtMadeFactsSeemsPleasureDespairArt IsContradictionAlways Believe Author:David Hockney
“But I always liked the fact that you get these totally unacceptable images, but they're taken by a really expensive photographer, with great light, and in terms of the quality of the photograph it's a great photograph, but in terms of imagery it's unacceptable, and I like that contradiction.” FactsLightTermQualityTakenPhotographyPhotographerPhotographExpensiveContradictionImagery Author:Damien Hirst
“There seems to be a contradiction in the fact that there's more music around and more channels or downloading music or more channels on TV, and yet at the same time, in some ways it doesn't seem to be as vital as it once was. It seems to be just another entertainment option or lifestyle enhancement aid or something.” WayFactsSeemsTvsEntertainmentAidsLifestyleContradictionEnhancementDownloading Music Author:Jarvis Cocker
“There were a lot of contradictions between Marcello's[ Mastroianni] public persona and who he was in private. The fact that Italy chose to incarnate him as a model of beauty stupefied him.” FactsModelsContradictionPersona Author:Giovanna Cau
“The contradiction is this: man rejects the world as it is, without accepting the necessity of escaping it. In fact, men cling to the world and by far the majority do not want to abandon it.” MenWorldWantFactsAcceptingMajorityContradictionRejectsAbandonEscaping Author:Albert Camus
“They, the conservatives, are the real outsides, they tell us, gazing with disgust upon the ludicrous manners of the high and mighty. Or, they tell us, they are rough-and-ready proles, laughing along with us at the efforts of our social "betters" to reform and improve us. That they are often, in fact, people of privilege doing their utmost to boost the fortunes of a political party that is the traditional tool of the privileged is a contradiction that does not trouble them.” PeopleDoeRealFactsPoliticalSocialPartyEffortLaughingTroubleReadyToolsFortunePrivilegeTraditionalReformMannersContradictionRoughDisgustingPrivilegedPolitical PartiesBoostGazing Author:Thomas Frank
“The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.” ThinkingGivingMayIdeasFactsWould BeMovingPoliticsTermViewsNumbersLeaderOpinionPowerDemocracySuccessfulFieldsPoliticianTasksMajorityAcceptedContradictionCurrencyFramework Author:Friedrich August von Hayek