“Man is tied to the weight of his own past, and even by a great therapeutic labor little more can be accomplished than a shifting of the burden.” MenLittlesPastLaborWeightBurdenAccomplishedTiedShiftingPsychoanalysisTherapeutic Book:Freud: The Mind of the Moralist Source: Freud: The Mind of the Moralist
“Now the work of art also represents a state of final equilibrium, of accomplished order and maximum relative entropy, and there are those who resent it. But art is not meant to stop the stream of life. Within a narrow span of duration and space the work of art concentrates a view of the human condition; and sometimes it marks the steps of progression, just as a man climbing the dark stairs of a medieval tower assures himself by the changing sights glimpsed through its narrow windows that he is getting somewhere after all.” MenHumansArtSometimesStatesOrderDarkSpaceViewsStepsConditionsArt IsWindowSightMarkFinalsStreamsAccomplishedWorks Of ArtClimbingRelativeHuman ConditionTowersMaximumStairsMedievalProgressionResentEquilibriumDurationEntropy Book:Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order Source: Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order
“Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.” MenFeelsIgnoranceGreat ThingsAccomplishedImpotencePrecious Gifts Author:Paul Valery
“No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.” MenWayShouldDiesBornAccomplishAccomplished Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.” MenGovernmentWishEnjoyObjectsProduceOughtSafetyPropertyFruitEvery ManPursueAccomplishedLabourExpensesOccupation Author:Thomas Jefferson