Totani Con Quotes & Sayings

Shklovsky, "Art as Technique" (1917)
Art exists that one may recover the sensation of life; it exists to make one feel things, to
make the stone
stony
. The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are
perceived and not as they are known. The technique of art is to make objects
"unfamiliar," to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception
because the process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged.
Art
is a way of experiencing the artfulness of an object; the object is not important. — Elizabeth Bishop

We know that the airports are not protected as they should be protected. The terminals are public areas, wide open - anyone can go and walk at any terminal he wants. — Isaac Yeffet

You stick your finger in the water and you pull it out, and that is how much of a hole you leave when you're gone. — Louis L'Amour

Even when a friend does something you do not like, he continues to be your friend. — Genghis Khan

Don't try to understand life. Live it! Don't try to understand love. Move into love. Then you will know - and all that knowing will come out of your experiencing. The more you know, the more you know that much remains to be known. — Osho

I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters. — J. R. Bourne

German? I don't know what that means ... we don't say that in America — Justin Bieber

Love is a magical shelter where you will feel yourself safe beneath it! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I love the urban comedies, because they keep you famous, keep you having fun, and keep you in love with the business. Those are my roots. I'll always love doing those. — Terry Crews

I would never cheapen my relationships by talking about them. — Kristen Stewart

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too. — Jostein Gaarder

What you fear reveals where you trust God the least — Craig Groeschel

Science proceeds by inference, rather than by the deduction of mathematical proof. A series of observations is accumulated, forcing the deeper question: What must be true if we are to explain what is observed? What "big picture" of reality offers the best fit to what is actually observed in our experience? American scientist and philosopher Charles S. Peirce used the term "abduction" to refer to the way in which scientists generate theories that might offer the best explanation of things. The method is now more often referred to as "inference to the best explanation." It is now widely agreed to be the philosophy of investigation of the world characteristic of the natural sciences. — Alister E. McGrath

I would say it was nice to meet you, but I was naked so ... it wasn't. — Samantha Young

As the several items can be exchanged, they must be equal; but in what terms? Not in pounds, yards, or hours; they are equal in value. Then what is wanted is a unit of value to reckon by. — Isabel Paterson