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“My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper.” [1]
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“Give me a museum, and I will fill it.” [2]
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“I can’t answer that question. Or rather, I can, but no answer will satisfy those who ask it.” [3]
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“This letter is longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it shorter.” [4]
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I’ll spend the first four sharpening the axe.” [5]
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“I use my magnifying glass on ants sometimes ― not to cook them, just to warm them on cold days.” [6]
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“I’m afraid it’s perfectly possible that we might be capable of understanding questions to which we can’t understand the answers. Think of a chess board ― a bishop only understands diagonal moves.” [7]
Ultimately I don’t think I even agree with this analogy, but it’s always stuck with me.
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“He who fights with monsters must take care, lest he thereby become a monster. And when you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” [8]
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Citations
- Cormac McCarthy
- Picasso
- Jacob M. Held
- Blaise Pascal
- Abraham Lincoln
- David Thorne
- consciousentities.com’s Colin McGinn article
- Nietzsche
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