It Is Essential To Practice Reading As An Art.

here at last is a true lover

"The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much 'truth' he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified."

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

[Bookstore in London ruined by and air-raid 1940]

New York Subway Station

Photo: Dieter Krehbiel

1939  Edward Hopper, New York Movie Oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Power should act and not talk.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections (via philosophybits)

To become what one is, one must not have the faintest idea what one is.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Ecce Homo (via philosophybits)

Bill Withers (1938-2020)

"The three-time Grammy winner released just eight albums before walking away from the spotlight in 1985, but he left an incredible mark on the music community and the world at large. Songs like “Lean On Me,” “Grandma’s Hands,” “Use Me,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” and “Lovely Day” are embedded in the culture and have been covered countless times."

Kees Scherer - Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Picasso. MOMA New York City 1959

Childe Hassam (1859-1935) “Broadway and 42nd Street” (1902) Oil on canvas American Impressionism Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States