If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before…

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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of...

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of...

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the...

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the...

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking...

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking...

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who...

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who...

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

Deserve your dream.

Deserve your dream.

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is...

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is...

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who...

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true...

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true...

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes...

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent...

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent...

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity...

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity...

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent...

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...