Quotes: Meister Eckhart

"Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it."

–– Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), German Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mystic 

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 33. 

Quotes: Paul Valéry

"In small things delight is intense." 

–– Paul Valéry (1871-1945), French poet, philosopher, essayist

Source: John Berger and John Christie. I Send You This Cadmium Red.

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 g, 2019, p. 32.

Quotes 323: Milan Kundera

"Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight." 

–– Milan Kundera (1929-2023), Czech-born French writer 

via Sketchbook 8, 2009, p. 57

Quotes 309: Charles Pierre Baudelaire

"A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness." 

–– Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867), French poet, essayist, art critic, and philosopher 

via Sketchbook 7, 2009, p. 68.

Quotes 280: E. H. Gombrich

"Delight lies somewhere between boredom and confusion." 

–– Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich (1909-2001), Austrian-born British art historian 

via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 8

Quotes: Helena Bonham Carter

"I love people who are still in touch with delight." 

–– Helena Bonham Carter CBE (b.1966), English actress

* Source of quote: www.imdb.com, August 29, 2015 

via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 115.