Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Everything is connected to everything else."Laurie Anderson
"Everything is temporary."Laurie Anderson
"Meaning is something we create, not something we find."Laurie Anderson
"I'm interested in what's beneath the surface."Laurie Anderson
"I'm interested in the space between intention and result."Laurie Anderson
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."Yoko Ono
"In the space between data points lies the mystery of meaning."Ryoji Ikeda
"Precision and mystery need not be enemies."Ryoji Ikeda
"Complexity is often a mask for simple truths."Ryoji Ikeda
"The invisible world is larger than the visible one."Ryoji Ikeda
"The infinite is contained within the finite."Ryoji Ikeda
"Every system is a metaphor for consciousness."Ryoji Ikeda
"The boundary between observer and observed is permeable."Ryoji Ikeda
"Every system is a window into the infinite."Ryoji Ikeda
"In the space between moments lies eternity."Ryoji Ikeda
"Every moment contains the entire universe."Ryoji Ikeda
"To understand music is to understand the universe thinking out loud."Jon Hopkins
"The universe speaks in layers we're still learning to decode."Jon Hopkins
"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple and obvious that it is easily overlooked."John Cage
"The future depends on our willingness to question the present."John Cage
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."James Blake
"We are what our thoughts have made us."James Blake
"An unexamined life is not worth living."James Blake
"Consciousness itself can be understood as a kind of listening to the universe."Pauline Oliveros
"The self is not fixed but constantly being created through our moment-to-moment awareness."Pauline Oliveros
"Philosophy is the attempt to think deeply about fundamental questions; it begins with listening to ourselves and others."Pauline Oliveros
"We're all trying to figure out what it means to be human in this modern world."Laurie Anderson
"I think about memory a lot—how it shapes who we are."Laurie Anderson
"I think about how language shapes reality constantly."Laurie Anderson
"The most important revolution is the one that happens inside yourself."Laurie Anderson