“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” “Wir haben die Kunst, damit wir nicht an der Wahrheit zugrunde gehen.” or in the same vein: “Absolute knowledge leads to pessimism. Art is the remedy for this.” “Das absolute Wissen führt zum Pessimismus: die … Continue reading Living on a Tiny Planet in a Small Solar System of a Not so Big Galaxy in One Universe in the Multiverse
Then, Tell, since at a hundred yards thou canst Bring down the apple from the tree, thou shalt Approve they skill before me. Take they bow – Thou hast it there at hand – and make thee ready To shoot an apple from the stripling’s … Continue reading About Apples, and Snarks, and Stories
Opposites are not always contradictions they can be complimentary.
Steven Redhead, Life is a Cocktail
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When the French talk of tails, the English talk of ears. A pig’s tail will never make a good arrow. French proverb Words of Wisdom in November
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Warren Buffett
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Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?
Bill Waterson
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“I want
Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
WoW – Words of Wisdom – Y23 #8
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If you believe that this is true about coffee:
Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.
you better head over to
where you can get all this, I guess.
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Die Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern macht sichtbar.
Paul Klee
I found two – rather different – translations of this quote. Then I tried my hand at it myself. Pick your favourite translation:
Art doesn’t reproduce the visible but rather makes it visible.
Art doesn’t reflect the visible but reveals.
Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible.
And for the pure fun of it:
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From one coypu to another:
It is what it is but a cold beer always helps.
(anonymous)
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