on object
“Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state.”
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From our community writers
Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat
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More on object
Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects.
John BergerJohn Berger A photograph is a result of the photographer’s decision that it is worth recording that this particular event or this particular object has been seen. If everything that existed were continually being photographed, every photograph would become meaningless.
John BergerJohn Berger I’m never drawing the object itself; I’m only drawing a depiction of the object – a kind of crystallized symbol of it.
Roy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein One must do violence to the object of one’s desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade The Beautiful arises from the perceived harmony of an object, whether sight or sound, with the inborn and constitutive rules of the judgment and imagination: and it is always intuitive.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself.
John BergerJohn Berger