Apollonian And Dionysian Quotes

#1. You know the classification of cultures into 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian.

Robert A. Heinlein

#2. People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin
a nun kneeling in her cell, holding perfectly still, can be in ecstacy more frenzied than any priestess of Pan Priapus celebrating the vernal equinox.

Robert A. Heinlein

#3. Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation - the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.

Peter De Vries

#4. In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline. Dionysian; Apollonian. Passion;reason.

Steven Pressfield

#5. How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.

William S. Burroughs

#6. The history of the kingdom of God is, directly, one of a reunion. The total divine milieu is formed by the incorporation of every elected spirit in Jesus Christ.

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

#7. In my job, people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.

Heidi Klum

#8. Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

Helen Dunmore

#9. [in regards to Chad's Nifty Over Fifty Moustache and Beard Darkener] "'Dark Bravado Blonde, Number 143.' The name alone makes my loins all aquiver."
Amber

Laurie Faria Stolarz