Reads tagged with “books”

What’s a Dog For: A Meditation on Love, Loss, and the Art of Presence

“If you resist too much the power of the big primary-color emotions that surround the dog, you’re missing the experience.”

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An ABZ of Love: Kurt Vonnegut’s Favorite Vintage Danish Illustrated Guide to Sexuality

From common sense to conjugal bliss, by way of corsets and chivalry.

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The 10 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2012

From Buddhism to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty, by way of storytelling and habit.

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Joseph Conrad on Writing and the Role of the Artist

“Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.”

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Henry Miller on Writing and Life

“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.”

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Moleskine Detour: Inside Beloved Creative Icons’ Notebooks

Celebrating the iconic brand though the personal notebooks of creative icons.

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How To Sing: A 1902 Illustrated Guide from the Great German Opera Singer Lilli Lehmann

“It is the artist’s task, through offering his best and most carefully prepared achievements, to educate the public, to ennoble it.”

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Berenice Abbott’s Stunning Vintage Black-and-White Photographs of Scientific Phenomena

The abstract beauty of science, made dramatically visible.

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Susan Sontag on Art: Illustrated Diary Excerpts

“Art is a form of consciousness.”

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Stendhal on the Seven Stages of Romance and Why We Fall Out of Love: Timeless Wisdom from 1822

“To love is to enjoy seeing, touching, and sensing with all the senses, as closely as possible, a lovable object which loves in return.”

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Reads tagged with “books”

“If you resist too much the power of the big primary-color emotions that surround the dog, you’re missing the experience.”

From common sense to conjugal bliss, by way of corsets and chivalry.

From Buddhism to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty, by way of storytelling and habit.

“Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.”

“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.”

Celebrating the iconic brand though the personal notebooks of creative icons.

“It is the artist’s task, through offering his best and most carefully prepared achievements, to educate the public, to ennoble it.”

The abstract beauty of science, made dramatically visible.

“Art is a form of consciousness.”

“To love is to enjoy seeing, touching, and sensing with all the senses, as closely as possible, a lovable object which loves in return.”

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