Showing posts with label doubt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doubt. Show all posts

Saturday, 28 December 2024

Quotes: Conclave movie

"Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt. If there was only certainty, and if there was no doubt, there would be no mystery, and therefore no need for faith."

Source: Conclave movie via Austin Kleon newsletter December 20, 2024. 

via: Sketchbook N14, 2024, p. 42.

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Quotes: Paul Tillich

"Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith." 

–– Paul Tillich (1886-1965), German-born, American theologian and philosopher 

via: Commonplace Book 2013-2014, 2013, p. 49.

Friday, 14 April 2023

Quotes: Brian Eno

"When in doubt, tidy up."

–– Brian Eno (b. 1948), British musician and producer 

Source: Austin Kleon January 26, 2017 

via: Sketchbook 30, 2017, p. 24.

Monday, 6 December 2021

Quotes 316: Robert Hughes

"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." 

–– Robert Hughes (1938-2012), Australian writer and art critic 

via Sketchbook 8, 2009, p. 26