“In any case, once you're dealing on a nonverbal level, ambiguity is unavoidable. But it's the ambiguity of all art, of a fine piece of music or a painting. You don't need written instructions by the composer or painter accompanying such works to explain them. "Explaining" them contributes nothing but a superficial cultural value which has no usefulness except for critics and teachers who have to earn a living. Reactions to art are always different because they are always deeply personal.”
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“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
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