Philosophy Quotes

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

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"The world is painted in shades of gray, not black and white."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"I believe that every person is a masterpiece waiting to be understood."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"To speak without listening is to remain forever deaf to truth."
Rembrandt van Rijn
"The soul is always seeking, always yearning."
Edvard Munch
"In this place, genius and insanity run hand in hand."
Edvard Munch
"Every shadow hides a secret."
Edvard Munch
"Every person carries a universe within them."
Edvard Munch
"The world is not as it appears to the eye."
Edvard Munch
"There is no greater madness than the sanity of the masses."
Edvard Munch
"I see the invisible threads connecting all things."
Edvard Munch
"The eyes are the mirror of the troubled soul."
Edvard Munch
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"One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have called rational was a big mistake."
Salvador Dalí
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Salvador Dalí
"The act of creation is an argument with yourself about what's real."
Jackson Pollock
"To make art is to argue that meaning exists and that you can shape it."
Jackson Pollock
"What appears random often contains a deeper order waiting to be discovered."
Jackson Pollock
"Every line drawn is a conversation with the infinite."
Jackson Pollock
"I paint not to answer questions, but to ask better ones."
Jackson Pollock
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"When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums."
Andy Warhol
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"I am a deeply superficial person."
Andy Warhol
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"I used to fantasize about being beaten up."
Andy Warhol
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"The most sacred thing is the self."
Andy Warhol
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"I think we should all die at age 30."
Andy Warhol
"The modern soul is violent, anxious, confused, and despairing."
Edvard Munch
"I do not believe in the scientific theory of evolution in the way it is taught. I believe in the experience of life."
Edvard Munch
"Sensuality is not sin—it is humanity."
Edvard Munch
"I believe that everyone has the capacity for both creation and destruction."
Edvard Munch
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"What I am really hoping to do is to bring out the question of what identity is."
Frida Kahlo
"The world is but a reflection of light upon water."
Claude Monet
"Nature's infinity is reflected in a single waterlily."
Claude Monet