“In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.” SchoolTurnsPersonalityCreatingPrimariesFakeRighteousFridayTurkishHardworkingPrimary School Author:Osman Baydemir
“The world is a dysfunctional place in so many ways. It is unstable. So even though that chaos can be reflected in our own homes, I suppose we have to fight that by creating our own versions of safety, which can also turn into ignoring the state of the world.” WorldWayStatesHomeTurnsFightingCreatingSafetyChaosVersionsUnstable Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“Psychoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The future is not some place we’re going to, but an idea in our mind now. It is something we’re creating, that in turn creates us. The future is a fantasy that shapes our present.” MindIdeasPastTurnsFantasyAliveShapesCreatingPointingLive In The Present Book:The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves Source: The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
“I believe that the creative impulse is natural in all human beings, and that it is particularly powerful in children unless it is suppressed. Consequently, one is behaving normally and instinctively and healthily when one is creating - literature, art, music, or whatever. An excellent cook is also creative! I am disturbed that a natural human inclination [creative work] should, by some Freudian turn of phrase, be considered compulsive - perhaps even pathological. To me this is a complete misreading of the human enterprise. One should also enjoy one's work, and look forward to it daily.” ShouldBelieveHumansLooksChildrenArtTurnsLiteratureI BelieveEnjoyNaturalHuman BeingsPowerfulCreativityCreativeCreatingCooksImpulseExcellentPhrasesEnterpriseInclinationDisturbedCreative WorkArt MusicMisreading Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Autumn is the American season. In Europe the leaves turn yellow or brown, and fall. Here they take fire on the trees and hang there flaming. We think this frost-fire is a portent somehow: a promise that the continent has given us. Life, too, we think, is capable of taking fire in this country; of creating beauty never seen.” ThinkingCountryTurnsFallGivenFireTreePromiseCreatingCapableEuropeSeasonsBrownAutumnYellowContinentsFrostCreating BeautyPortents Author:Archibald MacLeish