Meret Oppenheim famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it.
-- Meret Oppenheim

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Every notion is born along with its form. I make reality of ideas as they come into my head
-- Meret Oppenheim

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Freedom is not something you are given, but something you have to take.
-- Meret Oppenheim

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Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.
A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.
Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.
Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.
Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.
Life must have its sacred moments and its holy places. We need the infinite, the limitless, the uttermost -- all that can give the heart a deep and strengthening peace.
I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.

Meret Oppenheim famous quotes

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