Agnes Martin (1912–2004) American artist
1970's, The Untroubled Mind', 1971
Agnes Martin (1912–2004) American artist
1970's, The Untroubled Mind', 1971
“Like feather bed betwixt a wall
And heavy brunt of cannon ball.”
Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist
Canto II, line 872
Source: Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)
“One should be light like a bird and not like a feather.”
Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Source: Six Memos For The Next Millennium
“One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Taryn Manning (1978) American actor, musician and fashion designer
Interview, Pop-Rock Candy Mountain (2008-06-11)
“[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light.”
Christine de Pizan (1365–1430) Italian French late medieval author
Source: Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc
“A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.”
Franz Kafka book The Zürau Aphorisms
87
The Zürau Aphorisms (1917 - 1918)
Variant: Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light.
“The grave itself is but a covered bridge,
Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
The Golden Legend, Pt. V, A Covered Bridge at Lucerne.