"Wasting time has an esthetics to it." — Fernando Pessoa

"Wasting time has an esthetics to it."

— Fernando Pessoa

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263 Quotes by Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa has 263 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Every spoken word double-crosses us. The only tolerable form of communication is the written word, since it isn't a stone…
On the road halfway between faith and criticism stands the inn of reason. Reason is faith in what can be…
If life has given us no more than a prison cell, let's at least decorate it as best we can-with…
One or another man, liberated or cursed, suddenly sees-but even this man sees rarely-that all we are is what we…
Could it think, the heart would stop beating.
All beginnings are involuntary.
The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just…
Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small.
The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman: the endless sea is Portuguese.
I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know…
Every day things happen in the world that cannot be explained by any law of things we know. Every day…
I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.

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More Esthetics Quotes

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To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its… — George Crumb
If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result… — Stewart Udall
We are not talking about esthetics. We are talking about life: survival of Man. We must train young people to… — Thor Heyerdahl
I think I was always obsessed with esthetics. — Bell Hooks
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and… — Albert Einstein

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