“Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.” HumansLyingHumanityLiteratureDespairBoredomDishonesty Author:Anatole France
“I’m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the boredom of its conveyance… I’ve always wanted to be able to convey figurative imagery in a kind of shorthand, to get it across in as direct a way as possible. I want there to be a human presence without having to depict it in full.” WayWantHumansKindAbleWantedDirectCatBoredomSensationsImageryShorthand Author:Cecily Brown
“The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose - for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics.” HumansTwoHumorSeemsFunnyPurposeHuman BeingsAnimalPartyGreaterExampleCapacityDinnerInventionBoredomBoresEpicMetaphysicsDinner PartyEpic Poems Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension that is necessary to preserve human existence.” HumansExistenceWorryConditionsEssentialsAnxietyPreservesTensionBoredomHuman ConditionSensitivityConfrontationHuman ExistenceAnxiety And Worry Author:Rollo May