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Self-discovery10 quotes
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? — Tyler Durden · 1999There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. — George Eliot · 1876I discovered me in the library. — Ray Bradbury · 2010Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. — Fred Rogers · 2003All 10 quotes →Books3 quotes
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904I discovered me in the library. — Ray Bradbury · 2010Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book's truth. — Marcel Proust · 1922Art2 quotes
Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisPainting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson PollockPower of literature2 quotes
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book's truth. — Marcel Proust · 1922Reading2 quotes
I discovered me in the library. — Ray Bradbury · 2010Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book's truth. — Marcel Proust · 1922Self-knowledge2 quotes
How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? — Tyler Durden · 1999Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisArtistic expression1 quote
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson PollockAuthenticity1 quote
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world. — Kate Chopin · 1899Growing up1 quote
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world. — Kate Chopin · 1899Hard work1 quote
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. — Fred Rogers · 2003Inner life1 quote
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. — George Eliot · 1876Introspection1 quote
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877Libraries1 quote
I discovered me in the library. — Ray Bradbury · 2010Nature of art1 quote
Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisPainting1 quote
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson PollockSelf-awareness1 quote
Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisSelf-expression1 quote
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson PollockTherapy1 quote
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. — Fred Rogers · 2003Understanding oneself1 quote
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. — George Eliot · 1876