Giacomo Manzu famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I don't believe in inspiration. I believe in work, because while one works one's creativity is opened.
-- Giacomo Manzu

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I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.
Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is
The last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, 'My God, what are these people doing to themselves? They're killing each other. They're killing themselves while we watch them die.' This is how we came to own these United States. This is the legacy of manifest destiny.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.
We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.
Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment.
I was attracted to photography because it was technical, full of gadgets, and I was obsessed with science. But at some point around fifteen or sixteen, I had a sense that photography could provide a bridge from the world of science to the world of art, or image. Photography was a means of crossing into a new place I didn't know.

Giacomo Manzu famous quotes

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