"Every exploration is an appropriation."

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Source : Roland Barthes (1997). “The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies”, p.14, Univ of California Press

Roland Barthes

#Exploration Quotes #Appropriation Quotes

“To love the world is to be afflicted.”

Source : Yunus Emre (1989). “The Drop that Became the Sea: Lyric Poems of Yunus Emre”, Shambhala Publications
“Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
“Mrs. Daugherty was keeping my bowl of cream of wheat hot, and she had a special treat with it, she said. It was bananas. In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.”
“People in both fields operate with beliefs and biases. To the extent you can eliminate both and replace them with data, you gain a clear advantage.”
“Something most people don't know about me is that I never grew up.”

Source : "Alexander Siddig — Discovering the Uncommon Hero". Interview with E. Nina Rothe, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2011.
“My name is Schwitters, Kurt Schwitters.... ...I'm a painter and I nail my pictures... ...I'd like to be accepted into the Dada Club”

Source : "Kurt Schwitters, I is Style". Book by Jean Arp, p. 151, January 15, 2000.
“I have a great support team. I have very understanding parents that do not put too much pressure on me, and I have close friends that I lean on for support.”
“Spiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer.”

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