“The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror.” MenWantLooksPleasureHorrorInstinctUglyShrinksFascinationDevilish Author:Sonya Levien
“Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.” LinesPleasurePlayerRiskTrumpInstinctDrawingCardsInstructionSeemingUneasyBendingPerversity Author:Adam Gopnik
“Whom do I hate most among the rabble of today? The socialist rabble, the chandala apostles, who undermine the instinct, the pleasure, the worker's sense of satisfaction with his small existence-who make him envious, who teach him revenge. The source of wrong is never unequal rights but the claim of "equal" rights.” TodayHatePleasureExistenceTeachRightsSourceEqualI HateClaimsInstinctWorkersSatisfactionRevengeSocialistEqual RightsApostlesEnvious Book:The Portable Nietzsche Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“Love childhood, indulge its sports, its pleasures, its delightful instincts. Who has not sometimes regretted that age when laughter was ever on the lips, and when the heart was ever at peace?” HeartSometimesAgeSportsPleasureChildhoodLaughterInstinctLipsDelightfulIndulgeChildren Love Book:Emile Source: Emile
“I'm always hearing music in terms of what I can take out of it, and I think I've always listened like that. I have a hard time just listening for pleasure. I'm much less about instinct, and more of a utilitarian listener.” ThinkingI CanHardTermPleasureListeningInstinctHearingHard TimesListenersJust ListenUtilitarianHearing Music Author:Sufjan Stevens
“The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness , of fear and pleasure; it's a little like making love, the physical act of love.” LittlesStatesHappensCultureProcessPleasureConsciousnessCreativeParticularDrugSkillsInstinctThings HappenCreative ProcessMaking LoveMixturesCocktailsActs Of LoveUnconsciousness Author:Francis Bacon