Illusion Quotes

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We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the… — George Balanchine
The task of the real intellectual consists of analyzing illusions in order to discover their causes. — Arthur Miller
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish… — Mark Rothko
Plato spoke of the necessity for divine madness in the poet. It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark side… — Madeleine L'Engle
My films generally center around thousands of pictures being flashed in rapid succession to create the illusion of motion. — Lars von Trier
Love thy neighbor as thyself because you are your neighbor. It is illusion that makes you think that your neighbor is someone other than yourself. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
For you who no longer possess it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. — Emile M. Cioran
Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Which is what I do every day. An apparently ineffectual… — Emile M. Cioran
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G.K. Chesterton has… — Evelyn Waugh
Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead. — David Copperfield
I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions. — David Copperfield
When I speak of the aspiration towards the beautiful, of the ideal as the ultimate aim of art, which grows from a yearning for that… — Andrei Tarkovsky
There are sacred moments in life when we experience in rational and very direct ways that separation, the boundary between ourselves and other people and… — Catherine Ponder
Project management is the art of creating the illusion that any outcome is the result of a series of predetermined, deliberate acts when, in fact,… — Harold Kerzner
What we need is a tough new kind of feminism with no illusions. Women do not change institutions simply by assimilating into them. We need… — Barbara Ehrenreich
All my joys resemble more a momentary intoxication than the real gold of happiness. It was all but an illusion. — Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Fear forces us to spend our lives dealing with it, ostensibly to overcome it. But that is a trick. Only fear (the illusion of separation)… — Cheri Huber
Whether they really believe in their brave new world, however, is ultimately beside the point. They're building it. And in the friction-free future, jacked into… — Mark Slouka
A plane is a bad place for an all-out sleep, but a good place to begin rest and recovery from the trip to the faraway… — Shana Alexander
The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must… — Albert Einstein
A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved… — H. L. Mencken
There's this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That's completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved. — Boy George
When you make sex to a person, woman or man, you think it unites you. For a moment it gives you the illusion of unity,… — Rajneesh
Pure physical sensation, social status, sexual attraction, and feeling like a winner are generally superficial, which is why people hunger for them repeatedly.The only goal… — Deepak Chopra
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. — Gautama Buddha

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