"It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics."

-- David Rudisha

#Special Quotes #Records Quotes #World Quotes

“Now there are no priests or philosophers left, artists are the most important people in the world.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gerhard Richter from Aug 06, 2015
“All beautiful things bring sadness, nor alone Sweet music, as our wisest Poet spake, Because in us keen longings they awake.”
“Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.”
“Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our dangers.”
“My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices.”
“We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.”
“It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I'm starting it.”
“Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything.”

Source : Michael Bierut (2012). “Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design”, p.13, Chronicle Books

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