"Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. In order to reach any kind of success in automobile racing, a driver must never remember."

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Source : Garth Stein (2009). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, p.18, HarperCollins UK

Garth Stein

#Memories Quotes #Order Quotes #Racing Quotes

“'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of a historical event, but a very natural and indeed inevitable way of calculating a solar festival. These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the hero of a solar myth.”
“To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.”
“Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest.”
“Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.”
“It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather carefully thought out...The seemingly miraculous concurrence of these numerical values must remain the most compelling evidence for cosmic design.”
“If somebody's gonna stab me in the back, I wanna be there.”
“Mark Jones is mad as a hatter. But, he's great. He's really, really into music. I know he's married and he's got two wonderful children, but his life is music. And he's very clever with it.”
“If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.”

Source : "David Chipperfield: perfect harmony" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2010.

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