“Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that it isn't just a cultural pursuit, something that happens in art galleries. Unless art is linked to experience and the fear and joy of that, it becomes mere icing on the cake.” BelieveArtHappensJoyViewsArt IsExperienceFunctionMerePursuitCakeVehicleLinkedGalleryUtopianIcingArt GalleriesIcing On The Cake Author:Antony Gormley
“When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest joy is to benobody, to relinquish the function of a teacher. It's a temporary function.” PeopleMomentsSpiritualJoyTeacherIdentityFunctionTemporarySpiritual Teachers Author:Eckhart Tolle
“It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY” WorldWayNeedsChildrenImportantShowsJoyLaughingImpossibleWeekShareTelevisionSeriousTvsFindingsFunctionImportanceStupidityMy ChildrenChanging The WorldImmenseTv ShowsFinding Out The Truth Author:Richard Curtis
“Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people. And so I'm happy if I'm with Ann; I'm happier if I'm also with my family and my grandchildren.” PeopleIfsThinkingJoyNumbersOur LivesMy FamilyFunctionRelatedGrandchildrenJoy And HappinessMy Grandchildren Author:Mitt Romney
“Each time we deny our female functions, each time we deviate from our bodies' natural path, we move father away from out feminine roots. Our female bodies need us now more than ever, and we too need the wisdom, the wildness, the passion, the joy, the vitality and the authenticity that we can gain through this most intimate of reconciliations.” NeedsBodyMovingJoyPassionFatherNaturalPathGainsFemaleRootsFunctionDenyAuthenticityIntimateFeminineVitalityReconciliationWildnessDeviateFemale Body Author:Sarah J. Buckley
“Life never stops. The torment of men will be eternal, unless the function of creating and acting and changing, living intensely through each day, be considered an eternal joy.” MenJoyActingEternalCreatingFunctionEach DayTorment Author:Le Corbusier
“When people go to rehab and come out, they go through a difficult period, a lot of people. I never had that. I was so glad to be rid of all that crap that for me, to learn again and to function as a human being and learn how to participate in the human race again was just pure joy.” PeopleHumansJoyDifficultHuman BeingsRacePeriodsPureFunctionGladHuman RaceCrapRehabPure Joy Author:Elton John
“Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling themselves into the water, it is joy itself that shows in the gesture, notwithstanding any sadness the divers may actually feel. When someone jumps into the water fully clothed, it is another thing entirely: the only person who jumps into the water fully clothed is a person trying to drown; and a person trying to drown does not dive headfirst; he lets himself fall: thus speaks the immemorial language of gestures.” PeopleFeelsTryingMayPersonsDoeShowsJoyFallSpeakLanguageWaterSadnessFunctionIntentionPracticalsSuitsGesturesExceedFlingBathingBathing Suits Author:Milan Kundera
“Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.” JoyPerspectiveGratitudeFunctionAutism Author:Ann Voskamp
“To love is not a passive thing. To love is active voice. When I love I do something, I function, I give. I do not love in order that I may be loved back again, but for the creative joy of loving. And every time I do so love I am freed, at least a little, by the outgoing of love, from enslavement to that most intolerable of master, myself.” GivingMayLittlesJoyOrderVoiceLove IsCreativeLove YouMastersSelf LoveFunctionActivePassiveBack AgainEnslavementOutgoing Author:Bernard Iddings Bell