Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 13 “ Art is anything you can get away with.” ―  Marshall McLuhan ,  “ The Medium is the Massage ”   Triggered by the reference to the quote  ―  which is sometimes misattributed to Andy Warhol  ―  in a recent tweet : Art is anything you can get away with Did social theorist Marshall McLuhan say this? See next message for a link to the answer pic.twitter.com/LX4AkgMMPY — Quote Investigator® (@QuoteResearch) March 15, 2025

Quote of the Week 12 “ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” ― Henri Bergson “ Man muss wie ein denkender Mensch handeln und wie ein handelnder Mensch denken. ” “ Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action. ” ―  Henri Bergson ,  Message au Congrès Descartes , IXe Congrès international de philosophie (1937) Triggered by further reflection on last week's quote " Thought is the enemy of flow " and the related idea that " Thought kills action ". " For Bergson, the action is the lowest sphere of the spirit, where it touches the physical mechanism, whereas it reaches its climax in the mere speculative freedom of the dream. " From X/Grok3: The popular English version of Henri Bergson's quote, "Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought," reverses the sequence compared to the original French, "Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action" (directly translated as ...

Quote of the Week 11 “ Thought is the enemy of flow.” ― Vinnie Colaiuta Triggered by  Rick Beato  mentioning Vinnie's mantra in another of his videos   (@ 7:24 mins) featuring Keith Jarrett : P.S. Check out Keith Jarrett playing The Blues . Related: Created with Flux.1 The phrase "Thought kills action"   is commonly attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche, though his original wording is  "Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."  This idea appears in his work " The Birth of Tragedy ," where he suggests that deep knowledge or reflection can hinder decisive action, as action often relies on certain illusions or a lack of complete understanding.

Quote of the Week 10 “ Stupidity is causing harm to others without benefiting oneself, even potentially incurring losses in the process.” ―  Carlo M. Cipolla  (3rd Law of Human Stupidity) Triggered by a reference to the law by Prof. Gunter Dueck in a recent interview (@22:27 mins): “ Dummheit ist die Attitüde, anderen zu schaden, ohne sich selbst zu nutzen.” This is the essence of stupidity : actions that are not merely self-destructive but harm others irrationally. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity is an essay by Italian economist Carlo M. Cipolla, originally published in 1976. It humorously yet incisively outlines five "laws" that describe human stupidity and its impact on society.  Here's a summary (created by X/Grok3): Law 1: Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. Stupidity is more widespread than people assume, and it catches us off guard because we tend to overestimate rational behavior. Law 2: The probabi...