"You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra, or Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax."

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Source : "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro, (p. 849), 1974.

Robert Moses

#Want Quotes #Way Quotes #Meat Quotes

“The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one anotherâ€™s customs and opinions; respect for one anotherâ€™s rights and feelings; awareness of one anotherâ€™s needs.”
“Love is a hole in the heart.”
“I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form to make space distinct.”

Source : Kynaston McShine, Richard Serra, Lynne Cooke, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (2007). “Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years”, p.77, The Museum of Modern Art
“Preaching grace produces fruit. Preaching law produces nuts.”
“I remember the first time I drove mum's car. We just went to a car park near my house, and it actually wasn't too bad. I felt quite confident straight away.”
“What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.”

Source : "Who Is Wayne Wonder?". Interview with Laura Gardner, jahworks.org. September 5.
“I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for said move- you should evaluate which rook to move and, once you have made up your mind... MOVE THE OTHER ONE!!!”
“I'm like a tourist when I'm in London.”

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