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For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysica... - MORE For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

Joseph Brodsky

poetry | poets

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Skepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other. Skepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

Mason Cooley

skepticism

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We're not always aware of subliminal messages we send, like "Big boys don't cry" or "Stop whining," which is a reflection of socie... - MORE We're not always aware of subliminal messages we send, like "Big boys don't cry" or "Stop whining," which is a reflection of society's credo that men should not show their emotions. Boys and men are not inherently less emotional than women; they are taught to be that way, which means that mothers and fathers have an important responsibility in raising sons who are aware of their emotions.

Elyse Zorn Karlin

parents raising girls and boys differently | children | emotions

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I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term—meaning that the creation of a simple phot... - MORE I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term—meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching—there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

Ansel Adams

photography

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INTELLECTUALS DO NOT HAVE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES. INTELLECTUALS DO NOT HAVE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES.

Margaret Anderson

aesthetics | intellectuals | The Little Review

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I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. - MORE I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment.

Jimmy Carter

nobility | purity | human nature

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He valued emotion—not for itself, but because it is the only final path to intimacy. He valued emotion—not for itself, but because it is the only final path to intimacy.

E.M. Forster

emotion | intimacy

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The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws. The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws.

Rémy De Gourmont

criticism and the arts

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TO EXPRESS THE EMOTIONS OF LIFE IS TO LIVE. TO EXPRESS THE LIFE OF EMOTIONS IS TO MAKE ART. TO EXPRESS THE EMOTIONS OF LIFE IS TO LIVE. TO EXPRESS THE LIFE OF EMOTIONS IS TO MAKE ART.

Jane Heap

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All moral discipline, all moral perfection derived from the soul of literature. All moral discipline, all moral perfection derived from the soul of literature.

Thomas Mann

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