“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.”– John Ruskin Related Quotes “I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment – but you have to be positive.”– Jean Alesi “Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.”– Hans Selye “Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?”– Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel