What did Ishmael mean by: …we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending. - Ishmael Unknown Copy
+ We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ishmael, War, 0 - Ishmael Unknown
+ There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ishmael, Madness, Woe, 0 - Ishmael Unknown
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France