Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"In the space between zeros and ones, we find ourselves."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The smallest unit contains the largest truth."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The invisible is more real than the visible; we just need better instruments."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The language of light and sound connects all living things."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The boundaries we perceive are often the limits of our perception."
Ryoji Ikeda
L
"I'm interested in the spaces between things - what's unsaid."
Laurie Anderson
L
"We are all performing all the time. The question is, are we conscious of it?"
Laurie Anderson
L
"We create meaning through our choices and actions."
Laurie Anderson
L
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."
Laurie Anderson
L
"We all carry multiple identities within ourselves."
Laurie Anderson
J
"The human need for meaning outlasts all technology."
Jon Hopkins
J
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions of yourself."
Jon Hopkins
J
"Philosophy is the luxury of those with time to think."
Jon Hopkins
A
"Ritual is how we make sense of the senseless."
Arca
A
"I move through the world like a question without an answer."
Arca
B
"Philosophy questions everything."
Björk
B
"Philosophy seeks truth through reason."
Björk
J
"The modern world demands we feel everything and express nothing."
James Blake
J
"Every person carries universes within them."
James Blake
J
"We mistake motion for progress, noise for meaning."
James Blake
J
"We are all trying to harmonize our fractured selves."
James Blake
F
"I'm interested in the spaces between perfection and falling apart."
FKA Twigs
"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."
Moby
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Moby
"The universe speaks in frequencies we are only beginning to comprehend."
Ryoji Ikeda
"Perception shapes reality as much as reality shapes perception."
Ryoji Ikeda
"We are all living inside a visualization of someone else's data."
Ryoji Ikeda
"We are prisoners of our own sensory apparatus."
Ryoji Ikeda
"Every system is both deterministic and chaotic, depending on your perspective."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The universe is indifferent to our attempts to understand it, which is its greatest mercy."
Ryoji Ikeda