John Dewey: "Time and memory are true artists; they remould..."

About John Dewey

John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

—John Dewey

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A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.

—John Dewey

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

—John Dewey

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We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.

—John Dewey

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Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

—René Magritte

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I was on the football team because I wanted to experience the different iconic social classes of high school. So football for me was an attempt to socially integrate in an interesting way. And then I didn't like it anymore and stopped doing it and focused more on drama and science and other forms of art and music.

—Reggie Watts

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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.

—Malcolm de Chazal

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Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

—Paul Gauguin

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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

—G. K. Chesterton

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Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.

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