To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Aldous HuxleyRead
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Interpretation
Music is one of the most powerful ways to convey emotions that words cannot express.
Aldous Huxley's quote highlights the profound ability of music to communicate feelings and experiences that often lie beyond the capacity of language. In moments when silence cannot capture our deepest emotions, music serves as a universal language that resonates with the inexpressible parts of the human experience, allowing us to understand and connect with one another on a deeper level.
In practice
During a presentation on the importance of art, one might quote this to illustrate the power of music.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their country.
On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat when he yawns in the face of his amorously importunate wife.
The leech's kiss, the squid's embrace, The prurient ape's defiling touch: And do you like the human race? No, not much.
The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
Rent is about a community celebrating life, in the face of death and AIDS, at the turn of the century.
There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.
As artists, we belong to an ancient and holy tribe. We are the carriers of the truth that spirit moves through us all. When we deal with one another, we are dealing not merely with our own human personalities but also with the unseen but ever-present throng of ideas, visions, stories, poems, songs, sculptures, art-as-facts that crowd the temple of consciousness waiting their turn to be born.
I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.
I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual; there were no teams, there were no captains, there was nothing to perfect. No style that had to be measured. It was completely opposite of what I saw in so many sports. It was creative. And to this day, that's what I love, that's always kept me back to it because it's endless creation.
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