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Psychoanalysis fosters the infantile state by considering that the past is responsible for the illness.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a10421/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/10421.v2.jpg" alt="Fritz Perls"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Fritz Perls</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="121003"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="121003" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a10421/121003/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=To%20mature%20means%20to%20take%20responsibility%20for%20your%20life%2C%20to%20be%20on%20your%20own.%20Psychoanalysis%20fosters%20the%20infantile%20state%20by%20considering%20that%20the%20past%20is%20responsible%20for%20the%20illness.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa10421%2F121003%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/158/">Responsibility</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4618/">Illness</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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I would become someone else and my metamorphosis would be so complete that no one I鈥檇 met over the past fifteen years would be able to recognize me. (116)</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4117/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/4117.v5.jpg" alt="Patrick Modiano"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Patrick Modiano</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="26cdf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="26cdf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4117/26cdf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20was%20responsible%20to%20no%20one%2C%20I%20had%20no%20need%20mumble%20excuses%20or%20lies.%20I%20would%20become%20someone%20else%20and%20my%20metamorphosis%20would%20be%20so%20complete%20that%20no%20one%20I%E2%80%99d%20met%20over%20the%20past%20fifteen%20years%20would%20be%20able%20to%20recognize%20me.%20%28116%29&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4117%2F26cdf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/455/">Past</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1873/">Lies</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1227/">Excuses</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22412/21e718/">Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a22412/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/22412.v4.jpg" alt="Ian Curtis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ian Curtis</span> </a> <a href="/b788/"><span itemprop="legalName">Joy Division</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="21e718"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21e718" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22412/21e718/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Existence%20is..%20well..%20what%20does%20it%20matter%3F%20I%20exist%20on%20the%20best%20terms%20I%20can.%20The%20past%20is%20now%20part%20of%20my%20future.%20The%20present%20is%20well%20out%20of%20hand.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22412%2F21e718%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/166/">Future</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/376/">Hand</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1269/">Present</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1351/02c26/">Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1351/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/1351.v6.jpg" alt="F. Sionil Jose"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">F. Sionil Jose</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="02c26"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="02c26" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1351/02c26/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Writers%20are%20historians%2C%20too.%20It%20is%20in%20literature%20that%20the%20greater%20truths%20about%20a%20people%20and%20their%20past%20are%20found.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1351%2F02c26%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/455/">Past</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1203/">Literature</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1345/01d000/">Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1345/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1/1345.v5.jpg" alt="A. Bartlett Giamatti"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">A. Bartlett Giamatti</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01d000"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01d000" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1345/01d000/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Far%20better%20to%20think%20historically%2C%20to%20remember%20the%20lessons%20of%20the%20past.%20Thus%2C%20far%20better%20to%20conceive%20of%20power%20as%20consisting%20in%20part%20of%20the%20knowledge%20of%20when%20not%20to%20use%20all%20the%20power%20you%20have.%20Far%20better%20to%20be%20one%20who%20knows%20that%20if%20you%20reserve%20the%20power%20not%20to%20use%20all%20your%20power%2C%20you%20will%20lead%20others%20far%20more%20successfully%20and%20well.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1345%2F01d000%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/103/">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/460/">Remember</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/87/">Knowledge</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a8056/27e7da/">We were terribly excited, and I think we took it on our shoulders that we were creating the 21st century in 1971. That was the idea. And we wanted to just blast everything in the past, rather like the vorticists did at the beginning of the century in the Britain or the dadaists did Europe, you know. It was the same sensibility of everything is rubbish, and all rubbish is wonderful.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8056/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/8056.v9.jpg" alt="David Bowie"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">David Bowie</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="27e7da"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="27e7da" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8056/27e7da/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20were%20terribly%20excited%2C%20and%20I%20think%20we%20took%20it%20on%20our%20shoulders%20that%20we%20were%20creating%20the%2021st%20century%20in%201971.%20That%20was%20the%20idea.%20And%20we%20wanted%20to%20just%20blast%20everything%20in%20the%20past%2C%20rather%20like%20the%20vorticists%20did%20at%20the%20beginning%20of%20the%20century%20in%20the%20Britain%20or%20the%20dadaists%20did%20Europe%2C%20you%20know.%20It%20was%20the%20same%20sensibility%20of%20everything%20is%20rubbish%2C%20and%20all%20rubbish%20is%20wonderful.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8056%2F27e7da%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2585/">Wonderful</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4700/">Excited</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9167/27be0/">Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a9167/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/9167.v11.jpg" alt="Joe Strummer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Joe Strummer</span> </a> <a href="/b447/"><span itemprop="legalName">The Clash</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="27be0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="27be0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9167/27be0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Everyone%20has%20got%20to%20realise%20you%20can%27t%20hold%20onto%20the%20past%20if%20you%20want%20any%20future.%20Each%20second%20should%20lead%20to%20the%20next%20one.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9167%2F27be0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/166/">Future</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/455/">Past</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a7992/11fdf6/">If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7992/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/7992.v7.jpg" alt="Billy Joel"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Billy Joel</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. 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