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“In order to correctly define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure and consider it as one of the conditions of human life. ...Reflecting on it in this way, we cannot fail to observe that art is one of the means of effective communication between people.”

People Way Firsts Humans Mean Art Order Pleasure Failing Conditions Communication Art Is Cease Human Life Reflecting Fine Arts Effective Communication

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.”

Wells Hands Might Pain Sound Pleasure Results Responsibility Communication Scientist Chiefs Therapy Injury Clapping

Book:The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life

Source: The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life

“The goal in tasting wine is not to "find" the same aromas and flavors some other taster is describing. If you hone your own perceptual abilities and develop the vocabulary to articulate them, you'll not only derive more pleasure from the wine itself, but also stimulate better communication between you and the friends who are sharing the bottle.”

Ifs Goal Ability Pleasure Communication Wine Bottles Vocabulary Flavor Describing Tasting Aroma

Author:Marvin Shanken

“No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted.”

Pleasure Communication Absolutes Delight Delightful Without Communication

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service.”

Friendship Pleasure Communication Yield Nobility

Book:Selected letters of George Edward Woodberry

Source: Selected letters of George Edward Woodberry