247 quotes found
Painter · Belgian
Belgian painter
“Shrink wrapped ideas and prefabricated thoughts are a result of sloth and laziness. ("Prt--penser")”
“Eureka" can be an answer to a question we have never asked. It can be the articulation of a sudden and unforeseen idea or the expression of a magic moment that throws us into a new world. It acts l...”
“When ideas evaporate, when shapes fade and forms lose their integrity, our imagination can create an outlandish setting and convert everything into a hazy, misty Turner landscape. ("Back garden of ...”
“People are seen through the stained glass window of our imagination. ( "The hidden sides of his character" )”
“One day it may feel as if energy and enthusiasm are quenched, feelings dried up and emotions scorched, love and affection tangled in a harsh and uninviting setting. Nothing seems to grow anymore. N...”
“Man may feel like a feeble and powerless pawn, at some moment in his life. This apprehension can come out of the blue, in the middle of the day, at the center of a public place, like a cerebral att...”
“Like a snake sheds its skin, we are capable of getting rid of assembled habits, creating space to call matters into question. Instead of the Shakespearian " To be or not to be " we could favor " to...”
“Unfailing friends are essential, when presence and absence are wrangling in our daily living, and our presence is rampaged by murk and woe, while passion and lust for life are trampled. Reliable al...”
“Some men can be good ' horse whisperers ' and many dogs can be wonderful ' man whisperers '.”
“Pigs should not make friends with butchers. One must choose one's friends wisely.”
“If thinking and reason crack under pressure of emotional convulsions or when commissioned facts are resulting from fibs and fake constructions, truth may be in great peril. ( Blame storming)”
“Better thinking out loud than suffocating from frustration. ("The upper lip must never tremble" )”
“When we are able to break free from the imprisonment of our little, small self-thinking and dare to face the essence of life, we recognize we are never at home with ourselves. We are always on the ...”
“Some seem to be desynchronized in their relationships. They feel oppressed, because they cannot move forward together and at the same pace. Their thinking is often incongruent, their motivation dis...”
“If the vibrant and frolicking merry-go-round of our daily living has been ousted by an eerie void of an intractable vacuum, only inspiriting memories may shore up our inner world. ("Only silence re...”
“An insipid voice message or an incongruent emergence from the other world may disrupt our whole thinking system. If we are not able to deal with the fragmentation of our self and assess the deconst...”
“If we misread the blueprint of our life, we need not be ashamed of backtracking on our chosen options. Admitting to mistakes may make us human and maybe great again. ("Sisyphus' hardship on the hill")”
“Some are condemned to remain mere clock and smart phone watchers, inasmuch as they are not able to read and interpret the lines of their life or don't even treasure the enchantment of daily captiva...”
“If the context is lost and merely bits and pieces remain from a scattered existence, only the connection of anchor points may reinstate a distorted mental balance in an upset life story. ("Lost the...”
“In a lifeworld, where we can be what we are, and not what people expect us to be, we can escape a blank and void existence, which is linked to wrecking ennui. Boredom often slips into revulsion and...”
