"The present moment is creative, creating with an unheard-of intensity."

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Source : Le Corbusier (1964). “When the cathedrals were white”

Le Corbusier

#Creating Quotes #Creative Quotes #Moments Quotes

“But there are still many who continue to marvel at the wisdom of God in so planning the universe that big rivers run by great towns, and that death comes at the end of life instead of in the middle of it. Divest pleas ... of their semi-philosophic jargon, reduce his illustrations to homely similes, and he is marvelling at the wisdom of God who so planned things that the two extremities of a piece of wood should come at the ends instead of in the middle.”
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.”

Source : Olga Broumas (1999). “Rave: poems, 1975-1999”, Copper Canyon Pr
“Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.”
“When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music.”
“Scientists try to discover or unravel the mysteries of nature. Some of the problems we are trying to solve have been solved in nature.”
“You see people who are disenfranchised elsewhere coming to Comic Con and making lifetime friends. I love seeing the outcasts of society all bonding together.”
“Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.”
“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet.”

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