"To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius."

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Source : "The lost city of Venice" by Josh McHugh, www.wired.com. August 1, 2003.

Alexander Herzen

#Cities Quotes #Genius Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said that any perished at the foot of the cross.”
“I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough.”
“An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.”
“It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility.”
“I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.”
“..either immediately or ultimately every dollar of government spending must be raised through a dollar of taxation. Once we look at the matter. In this way, the supposed miracles of government spending will appear in another light.”
“The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home.”

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