Quote of Henri Bergson - The art of the writer consists...
Biography - Henri Bergson:
French philosopher.
Born: 1859 - Died: 1941
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1859 - Died: 1941
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
The art of the writer consists above all in making us forget that he uses words.
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Translation
(French)
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Quotes about art:
The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
Quotes for: word
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Quotes for: writer
The function of a writer is to call a spade a spade. If words are sick, it is up to us to cure them.
It is a pity that one cannot see the learned entrails of authors so as to discover what they have eaten.
Henri Bergson also said...
Consciousness is a link between what was and what will be; a bridge between the past and the future.
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