
June 1932 Henry and June
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
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The Knee of Listening
June 1932 Henry and June
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
Ich setze Mich nicht voraus, weil Ich Mich jeden Augenblick überhaupt erst setze oder schaffe, und nur dadurch Ich bin, dass Ich nicht vorausgesetzt, sondern gesetzt bin, und wiederum nur in dem Moment gesetzt, wo ich mich setze, d.h. Ich bin Schöpfer un Geschöpf in Einem.
Cambridge 1995, p. 135
The Ego and Its Own (1845)
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1928/mar/27/ministry-of-defence in the House of Commons (27 March 1928)
Later life
As quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources (1893) selected and compiled by James Wood.
“The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.”
7th Public Discussion, Saanen, Switzerland (10 August 1971)
1970s
“I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
"Recollections of Degas by Berthe Morisot" (p. 84)
posthumous quotes, Degas Dance Drawing' (1935)
“I am myself, though from moment to moment something else seems to be looking on.”
Guardian Camwar, in Ch. 4 : the cooper<!-- p. 42 -->
The Visitor (2002)
Context: I am myself, though from moment to moment something else seems to be looking on. Whatever will be required of me, however, can best be done if I remember who I am.