The artist appeals to that part of our being... which is a gift and not an acquisition --- and, therefore, more permanently enduring               

Joseph Conrad

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Intuition

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. - Albert Einstein

intuition:
n.
1.
a. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.
b. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight.
2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.

[Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuiti, intuitin-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intur, to look at, contemplate : in-, on; see in-2 + tur, to look at.]

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Painting by Pablo Picasso

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