The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
John CheeverRead
Art is the triumph over chaos.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art represents humanity's ability to create order and beauty amidst disorder and chaos.
This quote by John Cheever suggests that art serves as a powerful tool for expressing and overcoming the unsettling chaos of life. Through creativity, individuals are able to impose structure, meaning, and beauty onto their experiences and surroundings, allowing for a transcendence that highlights the strength of the human spirit in the face of disorder.
Themes
ArtChaosCreationBeautyTriumph
In practice
Example use cases
During a discussion on the importance of creativity in overcoming life's challenges.
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All quotes βFor me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of battle.... A page of good prose seems to me the most serious dialogue that well-informed and intelligent men and women carry on today in their endeavor to make sure that the fires of this planet burn peaceably.
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
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The world that was not mine yesterday now lies spread out at my feet, a splendor. I seem, in the middle of the night, to have returned to the world of apples, the orchards of Heaven. Perhaps I should take my problems to a shrink, or perhaps I should enjoy the apples that I have, streaked with color like the evening sky.
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What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.
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