"It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things."

-- Theaster Gates

#Shapes Quotes #Capacity Quotes #Materials Quotes

“Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act.”
“I'm just waiting for God to tell me what to do, but whatever it is, I want to be doing something like I am doing now-serving God and helping people.”
“I'm a great believer in particularly being alert to changes that change something, anything, by an order of magnitude, and nothing operates with the factors of 10 as profoundly as the Internet.”
“International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace-eventually even to cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of mutual destruction....We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.”
“Like all religions, love has more believers than practitioners.”

Source : Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.111, New Victoria Publishers
“I always carry a camera because it is so important to me to take pictures and document all the incredible things and places I have been able to see through this experience.”
“It is good from time to time to recall all those big and little reasons why you wanted to quit smoking in the first place. Reading this blog once in a while might also be helpful”
“I hate horror movies, with a passion.”

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