“One of the prevalent features of life with an angry or controlling partner is that he frequently tells you what you should think and tries to get you to doubt or devalue your own perceptions and beliefs.” ThinkingShouldTryingBeliefDoubtPerceptionAngryPartnersFeaturesAbusiveDevalue Book:Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Source: Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
“Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.” ShouldWholeRealityChoicesGivenPaintingFeaturesCaptureRealisticRealismProminence Author:Alain de Botton
“The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or the latter with all its natural blemishes, he is as presumptuous as if he shouted, 'What a face. Hide it.' which would never do, although it is analogous to what landscape painters are doing every day.” IfsShouldFacesNaturalGonePaintPainterLandscapeFeaturesInsultLatterOccupationPortraitsPortraiturePresumptuous Author:Walter J. Phillips