They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. Ehud Barak eastexperiencemiddle Change image and share on social
What you experience in the army, aged 18 to 21, is what you take through all your life. You cross invisible lines: you shoot someone, get shot, break into people's houses. It's naive to think you won't carry anything into your life. Etgar Keret agearmybreak share on social
To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt. Eleanor Catton beautyconfrontconvey Change image and share on social
It's really fun at night, because I can see the baby kicking. I can feel the knee or the foot. The baby is starting to get heavy, and it's a really incredible feeling. I'm so grateful I get to experience this. Emily Procter babyexperiencefeel share on social
Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional levels that hurt so I've some other reference for extreme experience that isn't me shouting at my girlfriend or my mum. It's a way of controlling the uncontrollable. Elliot Cowan characterconflictcontrol share on social
The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding. Edward Steichen artartistcontent share on social
Death is not painful. It is the most beautiful experience you will have. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross beautifuldeathexperience Change image and share on social
Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience. Eli Wallach charactercompletecurtain share on social
I am a member of the Peace Society because I was a soldier: because I have fought and seen what war is like from personal experience. It was on the battlefield that I pledged myself to the cause of peace. Ernesto Teodoro Moneta battlefieldexperiencefight share on social
It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things. Ellar Coltrane americanchildexistence Change image and share on social