The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019
“The love of justice is simply in the majority of men the fear of suffering injustice.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
L'amour de la justice n'est en la plupart des hommes que la crainte de souffrir l'injustice.
Maxim 78.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
Manuscript (1891); as quoted in Edvard Munch and the Physiology of Symbolism (2002) by Shelley Wood Cordulack
1880 - 1895
“Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.”
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) Swiss author and dramatist
Richard K. Morgan book Altered Carbon
Source: Altered Carbon (2002), Chapter 23 (p. 300)
Context: “The human eye is a wonderful device,” I quoted from Poems and Other Prevarications absently. “With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.”
“I depict my life and experiences in my works of art.”
Otto Mueller (1874–1930) German painter and printmaker of the expressionist movement
quoted by his sister Emmy Muellers in her 'Recollections'; as cited in Otto Mueller: A Stand-Alone Modernist, Dieter W. Posselt; 2006 / new edition 2010, Books on Demand, GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany - ISBN:978-3-8448-6866-1
“Love is desire sustained by unfulfilment.”
Angela Carter (1940–1992) English novelist
Source: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
