"Art used to make me see the world differently, think about things in a new way - it rarely does that for me anymore, but technology does that for me on a daily basis."

-- Kenneth Goldsmith

#Art Quotes #Technology Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.”

Source : Carol Ann Duffy (2013). “Mean Time”, p.30, Pan Macmillan
“Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent.”

Source : "An A-Z of the piano: Alfred Brendel's notes from the concert hall" by Alfred Brendel, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2013.
“If you achieve a voice that will be heard, you should use it to speak up for the voiceless and oppressed. If you possess any power or authority, you must strive to use it to help and empower the powerless.”

Source : Craig Murray (2007). “Dirty Diplomacy: The Rough-and-Tumble Adventures of a Scotch-Drinking, Skirt-Chasing, Dictator-Busting and Thoroughly Unrepentant Ambassador Stuck on the Frontline of the War Against Terror”, p.335, Simon and Schuster
“Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.”
“Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children.”
“I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a cutting down of mountains; that is precisely how it felt to me.”
“I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that's when things changed as far as going to the NFL.”
“When your effort is low, you're probably not thinking about the opportunity, you're thinking about the obligation.”

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