Two individuals, conversing honestly, can be inspired by the feeling that they are engaged in a joint enterprise, aiming at inventing an art which has not been tried before.
Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this … - Theodore Zeldin
Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this …
- Theodore Zeldin
The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person. - Theodore Zeldin
The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person.
What we make of people, and what we see in the mirror when we look at ourselves, depends on what we know of the world, what we believe to be possible… - Theodore Zeldin
What we make of people, and what we see in the mirror when we look at ourselves, depends on what we know of the world, what we believe to be possible…
Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape … - Theodore Zeldin
Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape …
When will we make the same breakthroughs in the way we treat each other as we have made in technology? - Theodore Zeldin
When will we make the same breakthroughs in the way we treat each other as we have made in technology?
Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals. - Theodore Zeldin
Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals.
Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal. - Theodore Zeldin
Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.
The brain is full of lonely ideas, begging you to make some sense of them, to recognize them as interesting. The lazy brain just files them away in o… - Theodore Zeldin
The brain is full of lonely ideas, begging you to make some sense of them, to recognize them as interesting. The lazy brain just files them away in o…
A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful. - Theodore Zeldin
A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.
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