Is Love an Art? – Quote by Erich Fromm

„Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort.“

Erich FrommErich Fromm emphasizes in this quote that love is an art requiring knowledge and effort.
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Erich Fromm was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher known for his humanistic approach to psychology and society.

This quote by Erich Fromm emphasizes that love as an art requires knowledge and effort.


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Erich Fromm quote about love as an art requiring knowledge and effort

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a prominent social psychologist and psychoanalyst who explored the links between society, freedom, and human nature. His works center on themes of freedom, social psychology, and humanism.

Erich Fromm quote about love, success, prestige, money, and the art of lovingCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power-almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving. Could it be that only those things are considered worthy of being learned with which one can earn money or prestige, and that love, which "only" profits the soul, but is profitless in the modern sense, is a luxury we have no right to spend energy on?" Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm quote image about love as an active practice and expression of human powerCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced only in freedom and never as a result of compulsion. Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a "standing in," not a "falling for." In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving." Erich Fromm
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