Philosophy Quotes

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

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"To create is to engage in a dialogue with eternity."
Claude Monet
"To understand music is to understand the nature of being itself."
Johann Sebastian Bach
"Every piece is a conversation between the composer and infinity."
Johann Sebastian Bach
"The structure of a work reveals the structure of the mind that conceived it."
Johann Sebastian Bach
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"To be human is to be imperfect, and thus, endlessly artistic."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"To be an artist is to be forever questioning what it means to see."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"In the eyes of the poor, I found the nobility that riches could never convey."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"I paint not to change the world, but to understand it."
Rembrandt van Rijn
"The universe speaks in drips and splatters."
Jackson Pollock
"The tradition that binds us also blinds us."
Jackson Pollock
"I am searching for meaning in the spaces between."
Jackson Pollock
"The artist is a medium for larger cosmic forces."
Jackson Pollock
"I am searching for the essence beneath the surface."
Jackson Pollock
"Anxiety is the price of consciousness in a world of suffering."
Edvard Munch
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"One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have called rational is a limited exception."
Salvador Dalí
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"Orgasm is my religion; God is in orgasm."
Salvador Dalí
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"The mystery of man is wrapped in his eyes."
Salvador Dalí
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"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it."
Salvador Dalí
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"To know oneself is to accept one's shadow."
Salvador Dalí
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"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."
Salvador Dalí
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"The more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel."
Andy Warhol
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"If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface."
Andy Warhol
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"So I guess I should tell you that I don't believe in anything."
Andy Warhol
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"I think that the repetition of things is more important than the things themselves."
Andy Warhol
"Water is the mirror of nature itself."
Claude Monet
"To look at things is not to see them."
Claude Monet
"The garden is a reflection of the soul."
Claude Monet
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"In the interplay of light and shadow, we discover the complexity of existence."
Rembrandt van Rijn
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"The complexity of human nature defies simple categorization or judgment."
Rembrandt van Rijn
"There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end."
Jackson Pollock