The highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it … - Egon Friedell

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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.

Egon Friedell

The highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible.

Genius, Hand, Hands, Invisible, Reality, Visible

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God does not rule the world outwardly by gravitation and chemical affinity, but inwardly in the heart of man: as is your soul, so will the destiny be of the world in which you live and do.

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Art is the subjective, preferential treatment of certain elements of reality; it selects and resets, distributes light and shade, omits and underlines, softens and emphasises.

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We can never see the world other than incompletely: deliberately to see it as incomplete is to create an artistic aspect.

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Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live in an almost permanent condition of stimulation and excitement.

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All knowing that goes beyond the immediate experience of the moment is a matter of faith.

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The heart is that which lies at the centre of things, and is also formless. It is simple awareness devoid of movement to and fro, of past and future, within and without, merit and harm. Wherever the centre of a thing lies, there lies its heart, for the word 'heart' means centrality.

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Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change happens. It's very important not to differentiate protest from the democratic process.

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