"The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can be tall or short or fat or thin. They can obey the rules or break them. But they need to contain a charge. A live current, which shocks and illuminates."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

#Book Quotes #Personality Quotes #Style Quotes

“The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside.”

Source : Kurt Schwitters, Werner Schmalenbach, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1965). “Kurt Schwitters: a retrospective exhibition”
“Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.”
“When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart environments where, if you meet a certain probabilistic profile, you won't even be allowed to board a bus, let alone commit a crime, we're perpetuating existing laws so they face no challenges or revision.”
“History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.”
“Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.”

Source : Song: Barometer Soup, Album: Barometer Soup, 1995
“Only if God tells me to come back. No other way.”
“Salad is roughage and a French idea.”
“It was not an adventure; it was my life.”

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