Anaïs Nin on Mind
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Anaïs Nin, catalogued under mind, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Anaïs Nin, entry #139236: "I am the one who has felt most deeply the stuttering of the tongue in its relation to thought."
Attributed to Anaïs Nin, entry #168388: "For me, the adventures of the mind, each inflection of thought, each movement, nuance, growth, discovery, is a source of exhilaration."
5 Quotes by Anaïs Nin on Mind
"I am the one who has felt most deeply the stuttering of the tongue in its relation to thought."
"For me, the adventures of the mind, each inflection of thought, each movement, nuance, growth, discovery, is a source of exhilaration."
"I miss the animal buoyancy of New York, the animal vitality. I did not mind that it had no meaning and no depth."
"No desire of the body, but for what lies in there, what lies in the flesh, the world, the thought, the creation, the illumination."
"You are so terribly nimble, so clever. I distrust your cleverness. You make a wonderful pattern, everything is in its place, it looks convincingly clear, too clear. And meanwhile, where are you? Not on the clear surface of your ideas, but you have already sunk deeper, into darker regions, so that one only thinks one has been given all your thoughts, one only imagines you have emptied yourself in that clarity. But there are layers and layers — you're bottomless, unfathomable. Your clearness is deceptive. You are the thinker who arouses most confusion in me, most doubt, most disturbance."