Quotes: Philip Glass

"We understand the world because of the way we were taught to see."

–– Philip Glass (b. 1937), American composer and musician 

via: Commonplace Book 2024, p. 29.

Quotes: Cecil Day-Lewis

"We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand." 

–– Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), Anglo-Irish poet 

Source: C. Day-Lewis. The Poetic Image quoted in Gabrielle Lusser Rico. Writing the Natural Way. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1983; p. 29. 

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001.

Quotes: Marie Curie

"There is nothing in life to fear, just to understand." 

–– Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist and chemist

Quotes: Alexander Pope

"Some people never learn anything because they understand everything too soon." 

–– Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet, satirist, and translator

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 h, 2019, p. 35.