If reality impacted directly on our sens... by Henri Bergson

Time philosopher French Nobel Prize Creativity

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.

- Henri Bergson

Other quotes by Henri Bergson

Echo

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

- Henri Bergson

Genius Humanity

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

- Henri Bergson

Sex

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

- Henri Bergson

Mind Will

The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.

- Henri Bergson

The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.

- Henri Bergson

Joy Feeling Life

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

- Henri Bergson

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