“Whenever the truth is uncovered, the artist will always cling with rapt gaze to what still remains covering even after such uncovering; but the theoretical man enjoys and finds satisfaction in the discarded covering and finds the highest object of his pleasure in the process of an ever happy uncovering that succeeds through his own efforts.” MenStillsArtistProcessEnjoyPleasureEffortObjectsTruth IsSucceedHighestRemainsSatisfactionTheoreticalCoveringDiscardedUncovering Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains. Even when the original author of some healthy and useful truth is forgotten, the truth survives, transplanted to works more calculated to purify it from error, and perpetuate it to our benefit.” EvilLiteratureHealthyTruth IsBenefitsOriginalsRemainsErrorsForgottenGloriousDoom Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“We're historians and above all want to write about what was. Our book doesn't deal with legacies. It also wasn't our goal to destroy a legend. We consider Walesa to be a national symbol. He led Solidarity and remains an icon. But he also worked with the secret police under the name Bolek. The truth isn't always simply black and white.” WantWritingBookNamesGoalBlackWhiteDealsSecretTruth IsPoliceRemainsSymbolsLegacyHistorianLegendsBlack And WhiteSolidarityIconsSecret Police Author:Slawomir Cenckiewicz
“The heart [of my work], the quintessential, remains the questioning of photographic truth. Be careful, be critical, doubt, and filter the information you receive.” HeartDoubtInformationTruth IsRemainsCarefulCriticalBe CarefulQuestioningFiltersQuintessential Author:Joan Fontcuberta
“The "truth" is the poem itself. Just because someone writes a poem about a feeling she has does not mean that the feeling will stay forever. The truth of the emotion of the poem remains, even if the particular truth of the poet changes.” IfsWritingMeanDoeFeelingsEmotionForeverParticularPoetTruth IsRemains Author:Denise Duhamel
“The truth never shines forth, as the saying goes, because the only truth is that which is known to no one and which remains untransmitted, that which is not translated into words or images, that which remains concealed and unverified, which is perhaps why we do recount so much or even everything, to make sure that nothing has ever really happened, not once it's been told.” KnownHappenedTruth IsRemainsShiningConcealed Book:A Heart So White Source: A Heart So White
“Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.” WayLightDarkRoomsDarknessForeverMeditationSeeingIgnoranceTruth IsEnlightenmentRemainsTorchesDark Room Author:Gautama Buddha
“You see, I know change I see change I embody change All we do is change Yeah, I know change We are born to change We sometimes regard it as a metaphor That reflects the way things ought to be In fact change takes time It exceeds expectations It requires both now and then See, although the players change The song remains the same And the truth is... You gotta have the balls to change” KnowsWayLifeSometimesFactsSongBornPlayerOughtTruth IsExpectationsBallsRegardYeahRemainsMetaphorLife ChangingNow And ThenTake TimeExceed Author:Vinnie Jones