„Once a person acknowledges that they possess some form of privilege, they are more likely to accept the reality that they are not in any way objective about the form of marginalization in question“

„There are numerous forms of marginalization that exist in our society: racism, classism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, and so on. If you happen to be on the wrong side of any of these hierarchies, you will face many inequities and injustices. … Some people are single-issue activists that are only concerned about a single form of marginalization, usually one that impacts them personally. Single-issue perspectives create a distorted view of the world, and lead activists to propose solutions that will help some people while hurting others and leaving countless more behind. … In contrast, others of us take a more intersectional approach, recognizing that all forms of marginalization intersect with and exacerbate one another, and that we must challenge all of them simultaneously.“

—  Julia Serano transsexual American writer, spoken-word performer, trans-bi activist, and biologist 1967

Leftist Critiques of Identity Politics (2018)

„People usually gravitate toward single-issue activism because they are unconcerned about forms of marginalization that do not personally impact them.“

—  Julia Serano transsexual American writer, spoken-word performer, trans-bi activist, and biologist 1967

Leftist Critiques of Identity Politics (2018)

„The Good was not a form of reality. It was reality itself, ever changing, ultimately unknowable in any kind of fixed, rigid way.“

—  Robert M. Pirsig, книга Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Источник: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29

„It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.“

—  Anton Chekhov Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860 - 1904

Act IV
The Seagull (1896)

„The more freely abstract the form becomes, the purer, and also the more primitive it sounds. Therefore, in a composition in which corporeal elements are more or less superfluous, they can be more or less omitted and replaced by purely abstract forms, or by corporeal forms that have been completely abstracted... Here we are confronted by the question: Must we not then renounce the object altogether, throw it to the winds and instead lay bare the purely abstract? This is a question that naturally arises, the answer to which is at once indicated by an analysis of the concordance of the two elements of form (the objective and the abstract). Just as every word spoken (tree, sky, man) awakens an inner vibration, so too does every pictorially represented object. To deprive oneself of the possibility of this calling up vibrations would be to narrow one's arsenal of expressive means. At least, that is how it is today. But apart from today's answer, the above question receives the eternal answer to every question in art that begins with 'must.“

—  Wassily Kandinsky Russian painter 1866 - 1944

There is no 'must' in art, which is forever free.
Quote from: Kandinsky: Complete Writings on Art, eds. Kenneth C. Lindsay and Peter Vergo, 2 Vols. (transl. Peter Vergo); Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., (1982), p. 195; as cited in: Samet, Jennifer Sachs. Painterly Representation in New York, 1945-1975. Dissertation, The City University of New York, 2010. p. 25
1910 - 1915

„The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.“

—  John Lanchester, книга Capital

Источник: Capital

„There is no need in these mathematical days to defend the use of symbolism. It is regarded by many schools of modern thought as the only safe form of language. Wittgenstein treats symbols as something more than conventional signs, and regards them as corresponding in some way to the reality to which they refer. He would probably accept Gurdjieff’s dictum that:

Symbols not only transmit knowledge but show the way to it.

Even though other thinkers deny any objective reference to symbols, no one questions that symbolism has a power beyond that of ordinary language. It is different with the language of myth. This is despised by superficial thinkers, but the greatest philosophers have known its value.“

—  John G. Bennett British mathematician and author 1897 - 1974

Gurdjieff’s All and Everything (1950)

„Once the basic assumption of the superiority and attraction of fixed-field farming over all previous forms of subsistence is questioned, it becomes clear that this assumption itself rests on a deeper and more embedded assumption that is virtually never questioned. And that assumption is that sedentary life itself is superior to and more attractive than mobile forms of existence.“

—  James C. Scott, книга Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

Источник: Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States (2017), pp. 7-8

„Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon: cunning is a kind of short-sightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. Discretion the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it: cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force, and makes a man incapable of bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man.“

—  Joseph Addison politician, writer and playwright 1672 - 1719

No. 225.
The Tatler (1711–1714)
Контексте: At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous minds. Discretion points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the most proper and laudable methods of attaining them: cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon: cunning is a kind of short-sightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. Discretion the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it: cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force, and makes a man incapable of bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life: cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare. Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings, cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the fewest removes from them.

„Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities.“

—  Clive Barker author, film director and visual artist 1952

„Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.“

—  Peter Sellers British film actor, comedian and singer 1925 - 1980

Mr. Strangelove (1999)

„I refuse to be beaten in any way shape or form“

—  Ronnie James Dio American singer 1942 - 2010

From "A 39 News Interview in Houston" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTL6EqHqkc
Контексте: I refuse to be beaten in any way shape or form, so I'm gonna beat this too.

„There are many ways in which the intuition can be drawn into activity, and one of the most useful and potent is the study and interpretation of symbols. Symbols are the outer and visible forms of the inner spiritual realities, and when facility in discovering the reality behind any specific form has been gained, that very fact will indicate the awakening of the intuition.“

—  Alice A. Bailey esoteric, theosophist, writer 1880 - 1949

Источник: Glamour: A World Problem (1950), Certain Preliminary Clarifications

„That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion.“

—  Neil Kinnock British politician 1942

Speech to National Housing and Town Planning Conference, Bournemouth (28 October 1986).

„Only what coronation is in an earthly way, baptism is in a heavenly way; God's authoritative declaration in material form of a spiritual reality.“

—  Frederick William Robertson British writer and theologian 1816 - 1853

Источник: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 21.

„Photographs are a way of imprisoning reality… One can't possess reality, one can possess images--one can't possess the present but one can possess the past.“

—  Susan Sontag, книга On Photography

Источник: On Photography

„I don't have the heart to tell him that's the wrong way to think about the world. There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.“

—  David Levithan, книга Every Day

Источник: Every Day

„Worldview" is not based on books; it is an internal form, which at times in a person with little education is expressed much more brightly, than in some other "intellectual" or scientist.“

—  Julius Evola Italian philosopher and esotericist 1898 - 1974

„The oath in any way or form you please,
I stand resolv'd to take it.“

—  Philip Massinger English writer 1583 - 1640

Duke of Milan (1623), Act I, scene iii.