"When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else."

-- Anselm Kiefer

#House Quotes #Eras Quotes #Germany Quotes

“Success is one thing you can't pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments everyday.”
“Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.”
“My butterflies are still going strong. I just hope they are flying in formation.”
“Wisdom you don't get in colleges, schools, universities, nowhere. Where do you get it, the wisdom? You get it through your spirit, which gives you a complete idea as to what is right and what is wrong.”
“Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made.”
“Every plant has its fitness and must be placed in its proper surroundings so as to bring out its full beauty. Therein lies the art of landscaping.”

Source : Jens Jensen (1990). “Siftings”, p.115, JHU Press
“I think my role as a musician is much more reactionary than that of the creative personality type who locks himself in a tower and then comes out with Pet Sounds or something. I just respond to stimuli more than anything.”
“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

Source : Scott Westerfeld (2015). “Uglies & Pretties: Uglies; Pretties”, p.263, Simon and Schuster

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