Search results for “Susan Sontag”
Neuroscientist Sam Harris on Happiness, Spirituality Without Religion, and How to Cultivate the Art of Presence
“Our world is dangerously riven by religious doctrines that all educated people should condemn, and yet there is more to understanding the human condition than science and secular culture generally admit.”
Legendary Composer Aaron Copland on the Conditions of Creativity, Emotion vs. Intellect, and the Trap of Public Opinion
“The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It’s useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.”
How We Think: John Dewey on the Art of Reflection and Fruitful Curiosity in an Age of Instant Opinions and Information Overload
“To maintain the state of doubt and to carry on systematic and protracted inquiry — these are the essentials of thinking.”
Leo Buscaglia on Education, Industrialized Conformity, and How Stereotypes and Labels Limit Love
“Labels are distancing phenomena. They push us away from each other.”
Trying Not to Try: How to Cultivate the Paradoxical Art of Spontaneity Through the Chinese Concept of Wu-Wei
“Our modern conception of human excellence is too often impoverished, cold, and bloodless. Success does not always come from thinking more rigorously or striving harder.”
Nobel-Winning Playwright Eugene O’Neill on Happiness and the True Measure of Success in a Letter to His Unmotivated Young Son
“Any fool knows that to work hard at something you want to accomplish is the only way to be happy.”
From a Gentleman to a Lady: A Clever Cryptographic Love Letter from the 1850s
“…dropped from the pocket of a young man who is very well known in sporting circles.”
The Invisibles: Moving Vintage Photos of LGBT Couples in the Early 20th Century
Archival images — sometimes poignant, sometimes playful, invariably tender — of gay and lesbian couples privately celebrating their love in an era that denied it.
Girls Standing on Lawns: A Quirky Collaboration Between Maira Kalman, Daniel Handler, and MoMA
A celebration of the art of seeing and being seen.
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