"Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having……" — D. H. Lawrence
"Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having or in doing, which are processes. In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. It is a condition of being."
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D. H. Lawrence
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441 Quotes by D. H. Lawrence
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Never trust the teller, trust the tale.
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That which one cannot experience in daily life is not true for oneself.
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Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies.
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Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
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That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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So the universe is constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.
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Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience,…
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The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of…
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The individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor…
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The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty.
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Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.
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The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint.
— Georgia O'Keeffe
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Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal…
— George Boole
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It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a…
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