A Quote by Woody Allen
The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
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I think the parable is a peculiar way of saying that redemption is immanent whether or not it's imminent, that the world to come is in a sense always already here, if still unavailable. I find this idea powerful for several reasons. For one thing, it's an antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair.
Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair.
Sören Kierkegaard has another answer: human existence is possible as existence not in despair, as existence not in tragedy; it is possible as existence in faith... Faith is the belief that in God the impossible is possible, that in Him time and eternity are one, that both life and death are meaningful.
That's the difference between the serious artist and the craftsman--the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of it. The serious artist, like Proust, is like an object caught by a wave and swept to shore. He's obsessed by his material; it's like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.
Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.
Our society and media have lost touch with the job of the artist. The job of the artist has been subordinated to the job of the record seller.
I need not to be afraid of the void. The void is part of my person. I need to enter consciously into it. To try to escape from it is to try to live a lie. It is also to cease to be. My acceptance of despair and emptiness constitutes my being; to have the courage to accept despair is to be.
I have learned that as an artist, I cannot succumb to the temptation to please others.
Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.
A spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.
Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.
I think that Mr. Obama is not just inexperienced; he is also hampered by a distinct inner emptiness - not an emptiness that comes from stupidity or a lack of ability but an emptiness that has been actually nurtured and developed as an adaptation to the political world.
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