One of the advantages of travelling the world is that you get to know the world broadly. And one of the advantages of staying in one place is that you get to know the world deeply.
Alan MooreRead
Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Artists often create fictional narratives that reveal deeper truths about reality and ourselves.
In this quote, Alan Moore emphasizes the power of art and storytelling as tools for revealing profound truths. He suggests that, through creative deception, artists invite audiences to explore their own truths and identities, highlighting the relationship between fiction and genuine self-discovery.
Themes
ArtTruthLiesSelf-DiscoveryCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the impact of storytelling on personal identity.
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All quotes βThe only reality we can ever truly know is that of our perceptions, our own consciousness, while that consciousness, and thus our entire reality, is made of nothing but signs and symbols. Nothing but language. Even God requires language before conceiving the Universe. See Genesis: βIn the beginning was the Word.
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