Transience
noun
The state of not lasting or staying for a long time.
His art captures the transience of human life.
Often appears as...
- the transience of life
- the transience of beauty
noun
The state of not lasting or staying for a long time.
His art captures the transience of human life.
Often appears as...
- the transience of life
- the transience of beauty
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Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Phenomena
Use 'transience' when discussing things that exist only for a short time, like feelings or events.
The transience of her happiness was apparent after the call.
Pro Tip 2/3Philosophical Concept
'Transience' often relates to philosophical or literary discussions about life's fleeting nature.
Writers muse on the transience of fame and fortune.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Speaking
Metaphorically, 'transience' can describe feelings, relationships, or moments, not just physical objects.
They appreciated the transience of their childhood friendship.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Phenomena
Use 'transience' when discussing things that exist only for a short time, like feelings or events.
The transience of her happiness was apparent after the call.
Pro Tip 2/3Philosophical Concept
'Transience' often relates to philosophical or literary discussions about life's fleeting nature.
Writers muse on the transience of fame and fortune.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Speaking
Metaphorically, 'transience' can describe feelings, relationships, or moments, not just physical objects.
They appreciated the transience of their childhood friendship.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Phenomena
Use 'transience' when discussing things that exist only for a short time, like feelings or events.
The transience of her happiness was apparent after the call.
Pro Tip 2/3Philosophical Concept
'Transience' often relates to philosophical or literary discussions about life's fleeting nature.
Writers muse on the transience of fame and fortune.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Speaking
Metaphorically, 'transience' can describe feelings, relationships, or moments, not just physical objects.
They appreciated the transience of their childhood friendship.
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Jason Silva's Origin...
or the high you get from a beautiful film when it sucks you into its wonderland, or the orgasmic ecstasy of falling in love, ineffability, magical transience spaces of mind that were characterized by feelings of selflessness and timelessness.
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Shea Hembrey: How I...
And I love to dig a hole. So this piece was great fun because it was two days of digging in soft dirt. The next artist is Kay Overstry, and she's interested in ephemerality and transience. And in her most recent project,
Video examples
Jason Silva's Origin...
or the high you get from a beautiful film when it sucks you into its wonderland, or the orgasmic ecstasy of falling in love, ineffability, magical transience spaces of mind that were characterized by feelings of selflessness and timelessness.
Video examples
Shea Hembrey: How I...
And I love to dig a hole. So this piece was great fun because it was two days of digging in soft dirt. The next artist is Kay Overstry, and she's interested in ephemerality and transience. And in her most recent project,
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Quote examples
Shunryu Suzuki
Japanese Leader
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
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Shunryu Suzuki
Japanese Leader
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
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Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal life, dispelling the transience in it.
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Amy Bloom
American Writer
The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
Transience is one of the fundamental characteristics both of the human condition and of the political order.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British Journalist
Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
I like the transience of Klimt paintings.
Quote examples
Shunryu Suzuki
Japanese Leader
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Quote examples
Shunryu Suzuki
Japanese Leader
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Quote examples
Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal life, dispelling the transience in it.
Quote examples
Amy Bloom
American Writer
The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
Transience is one of the fundamental characteristics both of the human condition and of the political order.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British Journalist
Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
I like the transience of Klimt paintings.
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