Daniel Pinchbeck Quotes
Modern humans became fixated on a collective hallucination of linear time, ignoring the fractal spirals of the surrounding universe.
Quotes to Explore
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The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.
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Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
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Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.
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Modern morality is all about perception.
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When the modern movement began, starting perhaps with the paintings of Manet and the poetry of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, what distinguished the modern movement was the enormous honesty that writers, painters and playwrights displayed about themselves. The bourgeois novel flinches from such notions.
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Modern dancing is old fashioned.
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Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
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Modern poets are bells of lead. They should tinkle melodiously but usually they just klunk.
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with a mental equipment which allows me to tell the difference between hot and cold, I stand out in this community like a modern day Cicero. Dropped into any other city of the world, I'd rate as a possibly adequate night watchman.
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In the modern view, unbridled personal freedom is the only good to be pursued; any obstacle to it is a problem to be overcome.
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Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.
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Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men.
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I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I've always adored it. Not just acting, but the whole process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that part of life. Maybe it's in my blood.
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Playing piano and singing whatever comes naturally is the best thing for me - the only thing that feels genuine.
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Modern humans became fixated on a collective hallucination of linear time, ignoring the fractal spirals of the surrounding universe.
