“There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. See, I always suspect characters who are painted as lovely, decent human beings. I would always question where the darkness lies.” HumansArtRealMomentsCharacterLyingHuman BeingsDarknessLovelyDecentSuspectsGlimpseTwistedAffirmingLife Affirming Author:Martin McDonagh
“One thing is sure - we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. ..To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.” WorldTwoWholeMomentsThreeMagicOne ThingObjectsSeekingDimensionsFourthCanvasGlimpse Book:Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950 Source: Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950
“While I complain of being able to glimpse no more than the shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is taking shape at this very moment, since I have not reached the stage of development at which I would be capable of perceiving it. A few hundred years hence, in this same place, another traveller, as despairing as myself, will mourn the disappearance of what I might have seen, but failed to see.” YearsMayMomentsRealityMightWould BeAblePastStageDevelopmentShapesCapableHundredShadowComplainingGlimpseMournTravellerDisappearanceInsensitiveStages Of Development Book:Tristes Tropiques Source: Tristes Tropiques
“There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit, catching tiny glimpses of its independent life, resting for a moment in its wisdom, puzzling, laughing sometimes, over what it's up to, what it makes of you.” TryingSometimesMomentsDreamRememberJoySpiritLaughingIndependentTinyYour DreamsGlimpseCatchingNo PointUnspeakablePuzzlingEavesdroppingNo Point In TryingIndependent Life Author:Marsha Norman