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Vito Acconci
"The kind of influence you want is a much deeper influence. It's like empowerment. Things are like this, but what if they were like that? What happens if you turn everything inside out? It's something that not just artists do. I think scientists do that, too. There's a theory: What if we pour water on it? That's also what a child does. If a child came in now, the child would ignore us, go under the table, and make a house." --
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
Vito Acconci
#Children Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
#Artist Quotes
“I want my fans to know I'm there for them. I want them to see every part of me. I am never going to leave them.”
“There are old riders and bold riders, but no old bold riders.”
“Life is the ultimate adventure, and Death, the prize that awaits us all.”
“Compassion is all inclusive. Compassion knows no boundaries. Compassion comes with awareness, and awareness breaks all narrow territories.”
“IBM's long-standing mantra is 'Think.' What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me, is the passion of the company, and its people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues.”
“Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons; malice only seeks causes.”
“Of all our basic virtues, courage is the one that helps us to live exactly the way we want and provides the psychological fuel we need to create, take risks, help others, and face hard times... Courageous action is humanity at its finest.”
Source : Robert Biswas-Diener (2012). “The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver”, p.148, John Wiley & Sons
“When the survival strategy of a civilization is invalidated, in all of human history none have ever turned back from the brink.”
Source : Daniel Suarez (2010). “Freedom (TM)”, p.39, Penguin