Quotes About Preoccupations

We live and work in a world that carries preoccupations about money, but what does the soul care about such things?

Interestingly, in this case the artist comes a distinct third, showing how less famous artists can be sidelined as other preoccupations in the writing of art history come to the fore.

I'm simply saying that our deepest thoughts, desires and preoccupations manifest themselves in art, whether we intend them to or not. That's what art is for; it's not cerebral, it's emotional.

Maybe we have an exaggerated belief that we have to stay in bed just to get through the day or that we can't go out of the house and do things. Views like these lead readily to what is sometimes referred to as "illness behavior." We begin to build our psychological life around our preoccupations with our illness, injury, or disability, while the rest of our life is on hold and unfortunately atrophying along with the body.

La traditionnelle lucidité des dépressifs, souvent décrite comme un désinvestissement radical à l'égard des préoccupations humaines, se manifeste en tout premier lieu par un manque d'intérêt pour les questions effectivement peu intéressantes. Ainsi peut-on, à la rigueur, imaginer un dépressif amoureux, tandis qu'un dépressif patriote paraît franchement inconcevable.