"In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world."

-- Stephen Gardiner

#Garden Quotes #House Quotes #World Quotes

“The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions.”
“A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists.”
“You will walk differently alone, dear, through a thicker atmosphere, forcing your way through the shadows of chairs, through the dripping smoke of the funnels. You will feel your own reflection sliding along the eyes of those who look at you. You are no longer insulated; but I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.”
“The idea of discussing psychological and philosophical ideas in a visual medium was really exciting to me. I thought I was going to go into philosophy...and suddenly I found this way to combine that with my love for visual mediums.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“It's funny when you're a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.”
“The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.”
“Effective leaders at a high level tend to be skilled actors. Franklin Roosevelt is said to have to quipped, on being introduced to Orson Welles, that they were the two greatest actors in America. The story may be apocryphal, but the message rings true.”
“Mortals always want something more- they wish for money, but what they're really after is to be carefree. Power when what they really want is control. Beauty when they want love. Sometimes they know it, sometimes they don't”

Source : Jackson Pearce (2010). “As You Wish”, p.19, Harper Collins

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