“I have nothing but respect for people who travel the world to make art and put exotic Indians in front of linen backdrops, but it's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary.” PeopleWorldTryingArtPhilosophyFrontsOrdinaryEverydayExoticTravel The WorldBackdropLinen Author:Sally Mann
“The arts and sciences, in general, during the three or four last centuries, have had a regular course of progressive improvement. The inventions in mechanic arts, the discoveries in natural philosophy, navigation and commerce, and the advancement of civilization and humanity, have occasioned changes in the condition of the world and the human character which would have astonished the most refined nations of antiquity. A continuation of similar exertions is everyday rendering Europe more and more like one community, or single family.” WorldHumansArtPhilosophyCharacterLastsHumanityThreeCoursesNationsCommunityNaturalFourConditionsCenturyCivilizationDiscoveryEuropeEverydayImprovementInventionProgressiveCommerceMechanicAdvancementRefinedAntiquityExertionArt And ScienceContinuationRenderingNavigationNatural Philosophy Book:The Works of John Adams Vol. 4: Novanglus, Thoughts on Government, Defence of the Constitution I Source: The Works of John Adams Vol. 4: Novanglus, Thoughts on Government, Defence of the Constitution I
“Genuinely great humour recognises the world it's describing and yet we are also called into question by it. That's what great art should do. That's what great philosophy should do. The one thing about humour is that this is an everyday practice that does this.” WorldShouldDoeArtPhilosophyPracticeOne ThingHumourEverydayGreat ArtDescribingRecogniseGreat Philosophy Author:Simon Critchley
“There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.” ThinkingDoePhilosophyLife IsReligionAtheismPrisonEverydayIdeologyEveryday LifeAlienationPlenitude Author:Eugene Ionesco
“Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.” KnowsSometimesPhilosophyUseSpeechEverydayOddOdd Things Author:Stephen Fry