Ashraf Ali Thānwī, Hayātul Muslimeen p.80
Source: 1940 - 1960, Les frères Van Gogh, origine et justification', c. 1955, p. 66
“The aim of the Creator from the time He created His Creation is to reveal His Godliness to others.”
Selected Articles
The Philosophical Emperor, a Political Experiment, or, The Progress of a False Position: (1841)
Context: Man soon finds what he wants to find. If he cannot find it otherwise, he creates it for his special enjoyment: for instance, if a man wants to see a ghost, he need only promulge his wish some night around a decaying fire, with a few alarmed and shocked listeners. Then let him ascend in the dark to a remote chamber, carefully looking over his shoulder every few moments; and if he will not see a ghost, he will feel as if he saw one, and that will be tantamount thereto.
“An honest man's word is as good as his bond.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book IV, Ch. 34.
Quote in a letter of Vincent to brother Theo van Gogh, from Etten (Netherlands), Spring, 1877; as quoted in Vincent van Gogh, edited by Alfred H. Barr; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_1996_300061887.pdf, (letter 90), p. 7
1870s
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter I, Sec. 4
Source: 1940 - 1950, The Plasmic Image 2. 1943-1945, p. 126
“The function of gossip is to create an “in group” bond by creating an “out group” enemy.”
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
Source: Tomorrow Is Now (1963), p. 134
Picasso (1938)
