“There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. It makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel. Total loss of all basic motor skills, blurred vision, no balance, numb tongue - the mind recoils in horror, unable to communicate with the spinal column. Which is interesting, because you can actually watch yourself behaving in this terrible way, but you can’t control it.” MenWorldWayMindLossInterestingVisionWatchesNovelBalanceTerribleHorrorSkillsDepthCommunicateTongueBehaveVillageHelplessMotorVegasLas VegasColumnsIrresponsibleNumbLoathingDrunkardsDepravedBingeFear And LoathingRecoil Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.” MatterChoicesSubjectsAmountSkillsExcellenceDepthSubstitutesSubject Matter Author:Scott Kahn
“Light enhances but its shadow deletes, thus giving the picture its depth, its third dimension and its subtractive properties... I believe that commitment and technical skill can be achieved by means of one's own will and study , while fantasy and passion are more valuable because they are innate and inescapably peculiar assets.” GivingBelieveMeanLightPassionI BelieveFantasyStudySkillsShadowCommitmentThirdsPropertyDepthValuableDimensionsAssetsPeculiarInnateTechnical Skills Author:Augusto De Luca
“Victor Hugo makes one of his heroines--an actress--say, "My art endows me with a searching eye, a knowledge of the soul and the soul's workings; and, spite of all your skill, I read to the depths." This is a truth more or less powerful, as one is more or less gifted by the good God.” ArtSoulEyePowerfulActingSkillsDepthActressesSpiteGiftedHeroinesGood God Author:Charlotte Saunders Cushman
“To prepare youth for success in entrepreneurial (and free) cultures, education tends to emphasize originality, creativity, breadth, depth and leadership skills rather than rote memorization, standardized curricula or socialization. The latter skill set is vital in societies with strong upper classes employing the lower castes, but the former is essential to free democratic nations.” CultureStrongNationsClassCreativityYouthSkillsEssentialsDemocraticDepthFormerLatterOriginalityEntrepreneurialBreadthCastesUpper ClassEmployingLeadership SkillsSocializationMemorization Author:Oliver DeMille
“I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument, but rather of keeping an open and unrestricted pathway for the creative impulse to play its music straight from the preconscious depths beneath and beyond me.” MeanPlayCreativeSkillsInstrumentsDepthImpulseToneMusclesEnduranceFlexibilityPathwaysImposingResponsiveness Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“You are in the depths of despair because you locked in on something or someone that didn't belong to you. I've met many people who have lost everything, especially in these times. People who survive devastating loss have the ability to let go of what they were doing, how much they were earning, and what they feel they are entitled to right now. They may well return to their former status, but their immediate task is to assess their skills and show resilience moving forward.” PeopleFeelsWellsMayShowsMovingLostLossAbilityReturnMetsRight NowSkillsLetting GoDespairTasksDepthResilienceMoving ForwardFormerLockedEntitledEarningLost EverythingDevastating Loss Author:Caroline Myss
“People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHumansArtImportantLevelsTeachKnow HowEmotionalSkillsDepthMathInteractionOptionalCalculatorsMath Skills Author:Hal Sparks