“It is often said that the modern exhibition has ruined painting. It is an unfortunate fact that it does encourage competition, so that, to attract attention to his work, an artist is tempted to descend to sensationalism, whether it is expressed by strong colour, grotesque handling, unusual subject, or sheer size.” DoeSaidFactsArtistStrongAttentionModernSubjectsPaintingCompetitionSizeColourUnusualSheerUnfortunateRuinedTemptedGrotesqueExhibitionsSensationalism Author:Walter J. Phillips
“Towards the outside, at any rate, the ego seems to maintain clear and sharp lines of demarcation. There is only one state -- admittedly an unusual state, but not one that can be stigmatized as pathological -- in which it does not do this. At the height of being in love the boundary between ego and object threatens to melt away. Against all the evidence of his senses, a man who is in love declares that "I" and "you" are one, and is prepared to behave as if it were a fact.” IfsMenLoveDoeStatesFactsSeemsLinesClearObjectsEgoEvidencePreparedRateSensesBoundariesHeightBehaveUnusualBeing In Love Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
“Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame or disgust about the human body. If parents are very secretive about their bodies and go to great lengths to prevent their children from ever seeing a buttock or breast, children will wonder what is so unusual, and even alarming, about human nudity.” IfsHumansChildrenMatterFactsBodyParentNaturalAttitudeWonderSeeingShameOur ChildrenDevelopingYour ChildrenBreastsLengthUnusualDisgustingHuman BodyMatter Of FactNuditySecretiveButtocksBeing NaturalNudists Author:Lee Salk