"All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation."

-- Walter Benjamin

#Intelligence Quotes #Interpretation Quotes #Form Quotes

“Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?”

Source : Robert Sheckley (2014). “Dimension of Miracles”, p.32, Open Road Media
“Time is the subtle thief of youth.”
“When I look back on the past two decades of my journey today, I guess many people would interpret my artistic practice as a kind of cross-media attempt. I have indeed tried many different kinds of media over the past 20 years and collaborated in many different ways with people from many different fields. However, I like to understand this process as a kind of compensation for having once lost my "right of choice," an exercise of free choice and taking responsibility for any consequences that might result from it. To be honest, it's a bit of a paranoid act.”
“There is no terra incognito left.”
“Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.”
“My body is precious and not separate from my soul.”
“Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before.”
“The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage.”

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