"Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life"
- Giorgio de Chirico
About this Quote
This quote by Giorgio de Chirico talks to the power of the human mind and also its capacity to imbue things as well as aspects of life with meaning. Desires are mystical as well as mystifying, yet the enigma of the human mind is even more so. We can take something mundane and give it a deeper relevance, or take something amazing and also make it ordinary. Our minds can creating an one-of-a-kind and also individual story for the globe around us, and this is what makes life so intriguing. We can take something as basic as a rock and also make it an icon of strength, or a sunset and also make it a tip of elegance. Our minds are capable of creating a distinct and individual narrative for the world around us, and also this is what makes life so intriguing.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"
