Salvador Dalí, The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, 1954 The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent, wounding, to the point that we want to destroy or repaint it. We want to be masters of the future only …
Sandro Botticelli, Madonna del libro, 1480 The spoken word dazzles and deceives because it is expressed by the face, because it is seen coming out of the lips, and lips are attractive and eyes seduce. But black words on white paper are like a soul laid bare. La parola abbaglia e inganna perché è mimata …
Lucas Cranach, Lucretia, 1530 Here I am, take me-or stab me to death. Stab the heart, stab the brains, stab the lungs, the kidneys, the viscera, the eyes, the ears. If only one organ be left alive you are doomed-doomed to be mine, forever. Ecco qui, prendimi… Oppure pugnalami a morte. Trafiggi il cuore, trafiggi …
Kees van Dongen, Quiet, 1918 There are intervals, but they are between dreams, and there is no consciousness left of them. The world around me is dissolving leaving here and there spots of time. Ci sono intervalli, ma fra un sogno e l’altro, e non ne rimane coscienza. Il mondo attorno a noi si dissolve, …
Henry Miller – Tropico del Cancro / Tropic of Cancer Read More »
Leon Spilliaert, Young woman on a stool, 1909 I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse perhaps to be locked in. Ho pensato a quanto spiacevole sia essere chiusi fuori;e ho pensato a quanto sia peggio essere chiusi dentro. Go back to album – Aphorisms
Here you can find various aphorisms and quotes by writers, philosophers and artists. / Qui puoi trovare aforismi e citazioni di scrittori, filosofi e artisti.
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