The Collector Explores Eight Life-Changing Philosophy Quotes and Their Art Connections

Key facts

• The Collector published an article on eight famous philosophy quotes that can change your life.
• The article pairs each quote with a notable artwork, including Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates (1786) and Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory (1931).
• Socrates' quote 'The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living' is illustrated with David's painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is quoted as saying 'Happiness Is Not Something Ready Made. It Comes From Your Own Actions.'
• Friedrich Nietzsche's 'What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger' is accompanied by Pablo Picasso's Massacre in Korea (1951).
• René Descartes' 'Cogito, Ergo Sum' is paired with Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory (1931, Museum of Modern Art, New York).
• Heraclitus' 'There Is Nothing Permanent Except Change' is illustrated with Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise (1872).
• Marcus Aurelius' 'The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts' is paired with Andy Warhol's Self-Portrait (1966, Museum of Modern Art, New York).
• Jean-Paul Sartre's quote on freedom is accompanied by an image by Cdd20 via Pixabay.
• Albert Camus' quote about Sisyphus is paired with Serge Mazet's The Myth of Sisyphus (2016, Wikimedia Commons).