“To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.”
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German psychiatrist and philosopher 1883–1969Related quotes
“A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.”
Jack Prelutsky (1940) American writer
“For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet”
Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher
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The Symposium
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
Letter to Paul Cézanne (16 April 1860), as published in Paul Cézanne : Letters (1995) edited by John Rewald.
“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
“All great poets become naturally, fatally, critics.”
Charles Baudelaire Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris
Tous les grands poètes deviennent naturellement, fatalement, critiques. <br class="br">XIV: "Richard Wagner et Tannhäuser à Paris" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner_et_Tannh%C3%A4user_%C3%A0_Paris_%28L%E2%80%99Art_romantique%29 <br class="br">L'art romantique (1869)
“Consciousness becomes a matter of philosophical debate; it's not scientifically reliable.”
Ray Kurzweil (1948) Author, scientist, inventor, and futurist
"The Singularity," The New Humanists: Science at the Edge (2003)
Karl Marx book The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature (1841)
David Hume book A Treatise of Human Nature
For what can be imagin'd more tormenting, than to seek with eagerness, what for ever flies us; and seek for it in a place, where 'tis impossible it can ever exist?
Part 4, Section 3
A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 1: Of the understanding
Anand Gandhi (1980) Indian film director
"One-on-one with Ship of Theseus’ Anand Gandhi" at film army (3 September 2012) http://www.blog.filmarmy.ca/2012/09/11076/