The garden of the mysteries

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer, but they think they have. So they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.”

—Ken Kesey, interview, The Paris Review, No. 130, Spring 1994

 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[bummble.livejournal.com]

Great quote!

And a lovely picture, too - who is that from?

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The picture is an uncredited wallpaper called "Allegory of the Mysteries of the Soul." I love the title as much as I love the picture. (If you type that into Google/Images, you'll find the site.)