3 quotes from 3 books. Sent weekly.
Enjoy!
—Mark
“Vision without execution is hallucination. Skill without imagination is barren. Leonardo knew how to marry observation and imagination, which made him history’s consummate innovator.”
—Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson (2017)
“The urge to transcend self-conscious selfhood is, as I have said, a principal appetite of the soul.“
—The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley (1954)
“Recently, a team of scientists investigating the underlying geology at Delphi discovered two hidden fault lines that cross exactly under the ruined temple. Psychoactive gases seeping up through these tectonic cracks, including sweet-smelling ethylene, which produces feelings of aloof euphoria at light doses (and anesthesia at higher doses), were very likely responsible for the Oracle's visions.”
—Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time, by Gaia Vince (2020)