"Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors."

-- Harry Seidler

#Summer Quotes #Japan Quotes #Earthquakes Quotes

“When provoked, the itsy-bitsy invertebrates known as tardigrades can suspend their metabolism. In that state, they can survive temperatures of... 73 K for days on end, making them hardy enough to endure being stranded on Neptune. So the next time you need space travelers with the right stuff, you might want to choose yeast and tardigrades, and leave your astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts at home.”
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.”
“There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.”
“The patience is in the living. Time opens out to you.”
“Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now”
“As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. In due time, when we have nothing better to set people to work at, it may be right to let them make lace and cut jewels; but as long as there are any who have no blankets for their beds, and no rags for their bodies, so long it is blanket-making and tailoring we must set people to work at, not lace.”
“Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.”
“Organic'... means that the work is an extension of your blood and body: it has the rhythm of nature. There exists a state of feeling that when you reach it, when you hit it, you can't go wrong. The work carries a body rhythm. You can't do the slick... the gimmicky or dishonest.”

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