“One might say I have decided to marry the silence of the forest. The sweet dark warmth of the whole world will have to be my wife.” WorldWholeMightDarkSilenceWifeSweetDecidedMy WifeWhole WorldForestsWarmth Book:Day of a stranger Source: Day of a stranger
“I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks my whole life, I decided to be a part of it. They had this questionnaire where they asked, How many units of alcohol do you have in a month? The top answer was 40 or more, and I got really scared because I was having on average 60 or 70 drinks a week. And I realized that that was a bad sign.” PeopleWholeAnswersStudyWeekMonthsDrinkDecidedUniversityAverageScaredAlcoholI RealizedWhole LifePanicUnitsColumbiaPanic AttacksColumbia UniversityQuestionnaires Author:Moby
“I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I was deliberately trying to show the human body as whole and relatively healthy.” WayTryingHumansWholeShowsBodyExpressionHealthyDecidedReactionsHuman BodyRippedExpressionism Author:Philip Pearlstein