"I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say."

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Source : "I pick up my pen. A building appears". Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2007.

Oscar Niemeyer

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“People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.”
“The only valid cure for any kind of depression is the acceptance of real suffering. To climb out of it any other way is simply laying the foundation for the next depression.”

Source : Helen M. Luke (2011). “The Way of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine”, p.82, Image
“It's important that we see clearly with wisdom and awareness, but also take action.”
“'We were created for eternal life by our Creator, we are called to it by the word of God, and we are renewed by holy Baptism. And Christ the Son of God came into the world for this, that He should call us and take us there, and He is the one thing needful. For this reason your very first endeavor and care should be to receive it. Without it everything is as nothing, though you have the whole world under you.'”
“Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.”
“The problem with object-oriented languages is they've got all this implicit environment that they carry around with them. You wanted a banana but what you got was a gorilla holding the banana and the entire jungle.”
“If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.”
“Pressure is high and jobs are at stake. There is nothing wrong with having commercial music to pitch for those situations, as well as for ad campaigns.”

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