Regardless of the fact that I’m spitting on the US left and right, I still think that the main things in the development of human civilization will happen here. Why do you think I’m still here? “After-the-fact” wisdom is always justifying.
As an artist, you use only the left side of your brain. As a scientist, you use only the right side. As a philosopher, however, you don’t use either one.
In order to write, H. De Balzac locked himself up in his study for months at a time, till he finished whatever he wanted to write. There’s no other way.
J.S. Bach wanted, as a kid, to become a military officer, A. Einstein a pilot, M. Lermontov – A. Pushkin, etc., and none of them become what they wanted. How disappointing their lives must have been!
