Showing posts with label Quotations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotations. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Divide and...
"Divide and Conquer." by Julius Caesar
The Proper function of man...
“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” by Jack London
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Beauty is beautiful, but...
"Beauty is beautiful, but it's just not that interesting." by Unknown
Saturday, 13 March 2010
...Lenguaje verbal para provocar imagenes...
“Siempre me ha interesado la capacidad que tiene el lenguaje verbal para provocar imágenes visuales…" by Joan Miro
Todo poder...
"Todo poder es deber" by Victor Hugo
Everything is situated within a process...
"Everything is situated within a process – everything is in motion. This not only applies to comprehensive systems (...), but also to our perception of a given space, (...) All these relationships are evolving and they are not merely situated in the midst of their time; rather, THEY ARE OF TIME." by Olafur Eliasson
The separation of time and objects...
"The separation of time and objects is thus to a large degree driven by commercial aims." by Olafur Eliasson
An idea or concept...
"An idea or concept is processual." by Olafur Eliasson
What we have in common...
"What we have in common is that we are different". by Olafur Eliasson
Physics has found no straight lines...
"Physics has found no straight lines – has found only waves – physics has found no solids – only high- frequency event fields. THE UNIVERSE IS NOT CONFORMING TO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERPENDICULAR-PARALLEL FRAME OF REFERENCE. The universe of physical energy is always divergently expanding (radiantly) or convergently contracting (gravitationally).’ Richard Buckminster Fuller" by Richard Buckminster Fuller
They are able/They can because...
"They are able because they think they are able". = "They can because they think they can."
Two posible translations of the quote by Virgil
Humans judge generally more by the eye...
"Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are". by Niccolo Machiavelli
...Do something new...
"One has to do something new in order to see something new". by
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
It often takes more courage...
“It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.” by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
...Read simply to prevent themselves...
"There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking". by Georg C. Lichtenberg
Science is the belief in...
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts". by Richard Feynman
What I cannot create...
"What I cannot create, I do not understand". by Richard Feynman
There is no harm in doubt and skepticism...
"There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made". by Richard Feynman
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Audio from Marshal McLuhan
Heresiarch left a comment at one of the few McLuhan quotations, he said that in his blog there is an
audio file from a conference where McLuhan spoke back in the 1970's.
And it's a unique one as you can't find it anywhere else. So go to Star Larvae and enjoy the audio!!
audio file from a conference where McLuhan spoke back in the 1970's.
And it's a unique one as you can't find it anywhere else. So go to Star Larvae and enjoy the audio!!
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
If you give someone a fish...
If you give someone a fish you can feed him for a day.
If you show him how to fish he can feed himself for his whole life. by Lao Zhu
If you show him how to fish he can feed himself for his whole life. by Lao Zhu
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