"Well, the beginning is actually quite easy, because I can still be quite free about the way I handle things - colours, shapes. And so a picture emerges that may look quite good for a while, so airy and colourful and new. But that will only last for a day at most, at which point it starts to look cheap and fake. And then the real work begins - changing, eradicating, starting again, and so on, until it's done."

-- Gerhard Richter

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“Untethered technology gives us the freedom to do nearly anything, anytime, anywhere. It can also enslave us - we feel compelled to use it where ever it is. Technology is neutral. How, when and where we use it is up to us.”

Source : "Is it Time to Retire the Never-Ending List?" by Linda Stone, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2008.
“I think women are just as gifted when it comes to science as men are. But I think their wishes and desires are different and this is also shaped by the society in which they live.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Society is a kind of parent to its members. If it, and they, are to thrive, its values must be clear, coherent and generally acceptable.”

Source : Milton R. Sapirstein (1955). “Paradoxes of Everyday Life: A Psychoanalyst's Interpretations”
“Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.”
“You said I was your number-one pick." "And you are. In our hearts. Alphabetically, though, Dusk comes before you.”
“Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.”
“Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?”
“What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?”

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