“It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a period of subconscious incubation which could not be hurried and was if anything impeded by deliberate thinking.... Having, by a time of very intense concentration, planted the problem in my subconsciousness, it would germinate underground until, suddenly, the solution emerged with a blinding clarity, so that it only remained to write down what happened as if in a revelation.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingFirstsBookProblemAttentionHappenedSubjectsSeriousNeededPeriodsSolutionsIntenseClarityRevelationsConcentrationContemplatingSubconsciousDeliberateIncubation Author:Bertrand Russell
“When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c.” MenSubjectsPossessionRevelationsBaptismBaptized Author:Brigham Young
“It is essential that the revelation we receive, the conception of an image which embraces a certain thing, which has no sense in itself, which has no subject, which means 'absolutely nothing' from the logical point of view.. ..should speak so strongly in us, evoke such agony or joy, that we feel compelled to paint.” FeelsShouldMeanDesireCertainSpeakViewsSubjectsEssentialsEmbracePaintPoint Of ViewRevelationsLogicalConceptionCompelledAbsolutely Nothing Author:Giorgio de Chirico
“Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offense of taking away that life, which is the immediate gift of the great creator; and which therefore no man can be entitled to deprive himself or another of, but in some manner either expressly commanded in, or evidently deducible from, those laws which the creator has given us; the divine laws, I mean, of either nature or revelation.” MenMeanPersonsImportantLawGivenSubjectsCrimeDivineCreatorRevelationsPrincipalEntitledOffenseDivine Law Book:Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work Source: Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work
“The final product becomes a passionate reflection of all that was revealed to me about my subjects during intense moments of personal clarity.” MomentsSubjectsProductsReflectionFinalsPassionateIntenseClarityRevelationsIntense Moments Author:Michael Bell
“[Europe has] this tradition of self revelation in popular music. We have it here - it's called Country Western Music... I think that's where the deeper and more complex subjects are treated.” ThinkingSelfCountrySubjectsEuropeTraditionComplexesWesternDeeperTreatedRevelationsPopular MusicSelf RevelationWestern MusicCountry WesternCountry Western Music Author:Leonard Cohen
“In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of science in any particular... whether the Lord found the earth empty and void, whether he made it out of nothing or out of the rude elements; or whether he made it in six days or in as many millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject. If we understood the process of creation there would be no mystery about it, it would be all reasonable and plain, for there is no mystery except to the ignorant.” IfsMenWorldGivingYearsMindMadeMatterFactsWould BeEarthChristianFoundProcessLordMillionsMysterySubjectsCreationParticularElementsSixUnderstoodEmptyIgnorantMade ItRevelationsReasonableVoidRudeSpeculationClash Author:Brigham Young
“By being fictions and, at the same moment, returning their subjects to us with a compelling fidelity, both photographs and poems work with the same surprise... both strike us as if they were simultaneously remembrances and revelations.” IfsMomentsFictionSubjectsSurprisePhotographStrikesRevelationsCompellingRemembranceFidelity Author:Tod Papageorge