/lit/ - Literature

>What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

>familiarity with an idea reduces us all to the level of the common herd. after the first shock we realize 'he is dead' and the idea no longer shocks us. wise men and philosophers seem to be far less advanced in this than the ignorant.

t. delacroix

>criticism is mostly useless, it follows the works of the mind as the shadow follows the body
t. delacroix

>What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
t. delacroix

and related:
>familiarity with an idea reduces us all to the level of the common herd. after the first shock we realize 'he is dead' and the idea no longer shocks us. wise men and philosophers seem to be far less advanced in this than the ignorant.

>this is what the writers of novels and plays will never understand; they make their characters all of a piece. but people are not like that. there may be ten different people in one man, and sometimes all ten appear within a single hour.

stop posting about philosophy