"Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself."

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Source : Kenzō Tange (1970). “Kenzo Tange, 1946-1969; Architecture and Urban Design”

Kenzo Tange

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“I was inspired by Colin Farrell in the fact that he's Irish and has freckles but with black hair. I'm a bunch of different things, Irish, Polish, Native American, and French, but I wanted to tap into that Irish side and be freckle-y with black hair, so that's what I did.”
“But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship ...”

Source : Charlotte CHARKE (1826). “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber ... Written by herself. With a portrait”
“I think we're infinite beings. We have to stay limitless.”
“If you commit yourself to the art of poetry, you commit yourself to the task of learning how to see, using words as elements of sight and their sounds as prisms. And to see means to see something worth all the agony of learning how to see.”

Source : "Fictional character: Eric Liddell". "Chariots of Fire", www.imdb.com. 1981.
“Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good.”

Source : c.1400 Il Libro dell' Arte ('The Craftsman's Handbook').
“If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.”
“Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.”
“A drowning person doesn't rescue herself.”

Source : Julie Schumacher (2008). “Black Box”, p.116, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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