Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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