inarticulable knowledge
Photography, he thought, was also a kind of translation, and they had all come out the poorer for
R.F. Kuang • Babel: The SUNDAY TIMES and #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller
These words are not sufficient for this secret meaning. Everything always comes out a little differently as soon as it is put into words. It gets distorted slightly and seems a bit silly—yes, this is also very good and I like it quite a bit, and I agree with the idea that what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to someo
... See moreHermann Hesse, SBP Editors • Siddhartha
he felt incapable of reaching into the maelstrom of feelings and language inside him and pushing words out of his mouth.
Ann Napolitano • Hello Beautiful: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience. There are always areas of vast silence in any culture, and part of an artist’s job is to go into those areas and come back from the silence with something to say. It’s one reason why we read poetry, because poets can give us the words we need. When we read good po... See more