“I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.” TryingHumansStillsProcessHuman BeingsMake SenseDecent Author:Jimmy Nail
“Painting is my profession, because it has always been the thing that interested me most. I'm of a certain age, I come from a different tradition and, in any case, I can't do anything else. I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with us, as something human.” HumansStillsI CanDifferentAgeCertainCasesPaintingSingingCapacityTraditionDancingProfessionMake SenseHuman Capacity Author:Gerhard Richter
“If the art of poetry is?the art of making sense of the chaos of human experience, it's not a bad thing to see a lot of chaos.” IfsHumansArtChaosMake SensePoetry IsBad ThingsHuman Experience Author:Archibald MacLeish
“I think the humanities always have to take science, our great knowledge that we get from science, into account, but then try to answer the human questions and try to make sense out of our lives, taking into account all of the scientific knowledge.” ThinkingTryingHumansHumanityAnswersOur LivesAccountsMake SenseScientific KnowledgeGreat Knowledge Author:Rebecca Goldstein