Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.
Georges BraqueRead
When one reaches this state of harmony between things and one's self, one reaches a state of perfect freedom and peace-which makes everything possible and right. Life becomes perpetual revelation.
Interpretation
Achieving harmony within oneself and with the world leads to true freedom and understanding.
The quote by Georges Braque emphasizes the importance of attaining harmony between oneself and the external world. When a person achieves this balance, they experience a profound sense of freedom and inner peace, allowing them to perceive life as a continuous revelation filled with endless possibilities. It suggests that true enlightenment comes from aligning oneself with the harmony of existence.
In practice
In a speech about finding inner peace during stressful times.
Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.
With age, art and life become one.
The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.
Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.
There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.
One has to guard against a formula that is good for everything, that can interpret reality in addition to the other arts, and that rather than creating can only result in a style, or a stylization.
The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.
It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, _x000D_ And by their vices brought to servitude, _x000D_ Than to love bondage more than liberty,_x000D_ Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.
This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was what was wrong.
I remain terrified of the capacity of the media, the capacity of spin doctors, here and abroad, particularly the United States media, to perpetuate false lies, perpetuate lies.
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
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