#illusion

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion. ↗

— Derek Jarman

#delusion #folly #illusion #preserve #pursuit

Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#expression #here #human #illusion #intellectualism

The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#live #our #problem #role #world

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#affairs #aware #destroying #doing #foreign

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. ↗

— George Saunders

#bonus #character #clients #convey #deciding

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#biggest #biggest problem #illusion #place #problem

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#ages #been #eunuch #house #i

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#double #error #expression #face #illusion

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

#determination #first-impression #fool #foolish #genius

I lost something magical in the process of growing up – my disillusionment. ↗

— Bauvard

#cynicism #disillusionment #funny #growing-up #humor