State Of Wonder Quotes

• There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it.

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  Ann Patchett

  Loss   Way   Used  

  Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.269, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

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  Helen Keller

  Inspirational   Patience   Wisdom  

  1902 The Story of My Life.

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• To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

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  Holly Near

  Pain   Real   Blessing  

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• The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise of judgement, sensibility, and skill. The romanticist cannot be satisfied with such a normal standard; for him art is essentially irrational - an experience beyond normality, sometimes destructive of normality, and at the very least evocative of that state of wonder which is the state of mind induced by the immediately inexplicable.

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  Herbert Read

  Art   Exercise   Skills  

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• The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

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  Glenn Gould

  Art   Serenity   Purpose  

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• Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

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  Ann Patchett

  Sight   Goal   Focus  

  Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.246, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.

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  Glenn Gould

  Art   Purpose   Wonder  

  Commencement address at York University, Toronto, Canada, 6 Nov. 1982

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• If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy or resentment. ... Is it not true that no man or woman has ever committed a crime while in a state of wonder?

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  Jacob Needleman

  Hate   Night   Men  

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• And a lot of poetry is putting yourself back into the state of wonder that you have before things when you're a child. It's not only a joyous wonder, it's sometimes a grief stricken wonder.

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  Edward Hirsch

  Children   Grief   Sometimes  

  "A Poet Is Born". Big Think interview, bigthink.com.

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• Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it.

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  Ann Patchett

  Mouths   Virtue   Horrible  

  Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.43, A&C Black

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• Great innovations, powerful interactions and real art are often produced by someone in a state of wonder. Looking around with stars in your eyes and amazement at the tools that are available to you can inspire generosity and creativity and connection

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  Seth Godin

  Art   Stars   Powerful  

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• If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.

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  Earl Nightingale

  Thank You   Destiny   Average  

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