ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action.
HENRI BERGSONArt has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact which masks reality from us, in order to set us face to face with reality itself.
More Henri Bergson Quotes
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For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.
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Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.
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To drive out the darkness, bring in the light.
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The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions.
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In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted into one sole symbolic attitude, which our eye perceives, which art reproduces, and which becomes for everyone the image of a man who runs.
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Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division.
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The universe… is a machine for the making of gods.
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Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.
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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.
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If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.
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Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.
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In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
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Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.
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Intuition is a method of feeling one’s way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it.
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Laughter is, above all, a corrective. Being intended to humiliate, it must make a painful impression on the person against whom it is directed. By laughter, society avenges itself for the liberties taken with it. It would fail in its object if it bore the stamp of sympathy or kindness.
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