“Each new day begins with a meditation, and ends with a purifying catharsis.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“The pain is real. So too is the catharsis. In the end there is life and love.” — Kevin Carey-Infante Copy Share Image
“Seven smirked as he walked back over to me. "I gave you catharsis last night. Twice.” — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool' — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
I just think that, at the end of the day, you needed the catharsis of revelation. — Greg Bryk Copy Share Image
A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
God, it was good to let go, let the tight mask fall off, and the bewildered, chaotic fragments pour out. It was… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
Knowing about comedy has helped me with the drama. To see people laugh, it's like there are moments of catharsis in the… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
You get a show where people are jumping up and dancing, but it's not a critical event in the sense of profound… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is never condoning the terrible act; it is severing hatred's tumour bloodline for self-preservation. Only by refusing this amputation does the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working. — Melanie Lynskey Copy Share Image
And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The way, applicable in our non-revolutionary societies, to prepare for the time when everyone will read, is to pose problems in the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Sleep - real sleep, the dear, the cherished one, the lullaby. So deep and warm the bed and the pillow enfolding me,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“The sobs tearing through her were catharsis. Painful and messy, shredding her heart—and leaving a blissful sort of peace in their wake.… — Kit Rocha Copy Share Image
It can stand in the way of narration in cases where we want the protagonist to actually go through some kind of… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Sometimes what we call tragedy, at least in the theater, are really case histories. They're based on the central figure, and things… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
“I began writing this story by subverting the dominant discourse, but that did not last long. My story decided to assert its… — Christopher Higgs Copy Share Image
Vicky became more serious and her tone more reflective as she remarked, "Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis.… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
“Because it is dangerous to ignore the existence of the irrational. The more cultivated a person is, the more intelligent, the more… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know. If someone were to ask me today whether the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day,… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
“In this sense, we can render the false meaning of catharsis which occurs in pornography with a different meaning than the catharsis… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
Different things work for different people. One thing I've realized, though, is that the work that I've done on myself outside of… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image