INTELLIGENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ART’S ROLE in shaping cultures and individuals have to recognize the difference between censorship (an external restraint based on fear and loathing) and self-control (an internal restraint arising from the artist’s desire to communicate).
Tag: pithyism
Ars Aphoristica.
Pithyism #1,914
ANY POLITICAL IDEOLOGY WHICH BEGINS “If only people would…” isn’t worth the breath needed to finish the sentence.
Pithyism #5b
SEEING IS BELIEVING — BUT FEELING is experiencing.
Your Orders
RESIST ENTROPY.
Three Word Comfort
“WE’LL GET THERE.”
Ol’ Thinkypants: Sales and Service
“PEOPLE’D BE A DAMN SIGHT more polite to each other in this country if they had to work a year behind a retail sales counter. At least, all my retailer friends think so.”
Pithyism #809
WHEN FACED WITH A NEW Thing, it is often better to pay close attention to the Thing in question than to whether or not it fits your notion of Thingness. (N.B. This is not as obvious as it sounds.)
Pithyism #6
NO MATTER HOW ABSORBING OR rewarding the discussion concerning Jedi philosophy, training and practice, someone’s always going to say, “Dude, it’s only a movie.”
Cohen’s Koan
“WHO IS SMARTER — THE TEACHER or the student?” (Answer correctly and win a free year’s subscription to Metaphorager.Net!)
Pithyism #1024
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE THE INTERNET to show you how unique you’re not.
Pithyism #180
WITH THE RIGHT BOOK, YOU can wait anywhere for anything.
Pithyism #-11
RUTHLESSNESS ONLY LOWERS THE CONVERSATION for everyone.