If art, in the words of Victor Hugo, once consisted of putting the mask of the visible on the invisible, our world, deprived at once of art and criticism, would then have an unhealthy tendency to lose...
I wanted to share something about what I am presently doing in terms of literary work.Whereas previously I had often lived in the space created by one language, my space is now always bilingual, where...
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. Wystan Hugh Auden, an Anglo-American poet....
I don’t remember if I mentioned before that figure skating used for years to be my favourite sport, along with a few winter sports. Because the British are better during summer, in the last seve...
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self requires strength; He who knows he has enough is rich. Perseverance is a sign of will p...
Whenever we talk about goals, one question inevitably rises: what if you are not reaching them? Say, you have a noble goal, and your mind is all set on it, but, in spite of all the effort, you’r...
One will surely understand what I consider to be the function of poetry. It is to nourish the spirit of man by giving him the cosmos to suckle. Francis Ponge, a French essayist and poet....
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm, a German-American philosopher and psychologist....
Problems are only opportunities with thorns in them. Hugh Miller, a Scottish geologist and writer....
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher....