"I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said, 'Richard, calm down.'"

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Source : Interview with Charlie Rose, November 14, 2001.

Richard Serra

#World Quotes #Analysis Quotes #Calm Quotes

“From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.”
“Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson (2011). “The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson”, p.174, Modern Library
“When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.”

Source : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai (2004). “Envisioning an Empowered Nation: Technology for Societal Transformation”, TATA McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
“Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.”
“Liberals are Nazis, and Nazis are liberals. And if you don't agree with me, you're a Nazi too.”
“I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed.”
“Everything has changed, except our way of thinking.”
“When I started out, Jiu-Jitsu was really an elite thing in Brazil, and there was some prejudice towards poorer kids, so I had to learn things on my own. Some of my neighbours started doing Jiu-Jitsu, so I started watching it, and then started rolling with them. It wasnâ€™t organized training, but it was better than nothing.”

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