"A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos."

-- Benjamin Lee Whorf

#Appreciation Quotes #Cosmos Quotes #Language Quotes

“Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined.”

Source : Philip Guston, Clark Coolidge (2011). “Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations”, p.10, Univ of California Press
“The reality, I believe, is that all change starts small. The big picture is just too unwieldy, too incomprehensible and seemingly immovable. But give us something individual, quantifiable and personalize-able and, suddenly, our perspective shifts to the one.”

Source : "How a 3-D printed arm gave hope to boy maimed in bomb blast" by Mick Ebeling, www.cnn.com. March 19, 2014.
“Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you dont need to do anything to Shakespeare.”
“Strife, only a slight thing when she first rears her head but her head soon hits the sky as she strides across the earth.”
“There are only two things that are absolute realities, love and knowledge, and you can't escape them.”
“First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas.”
“You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.”
“That was the trouble with lies: it was very important to remember them accurately when, generally, they were the things you most wanted to forget.”

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