"Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at the piano."

-- Michael Hersch

#Artist Quotes #Rome Quotes #Piano Quotes

“Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.”
“Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might just be able to fix it ourselves.”
“International affairs must be completely permeated with scientific methodology and a democratic spirit, with a fearless weighing of all facts, views, and theories, with maximum publicity of ultimate and intermediate goals, and with a consistency of principles.”

Source : Andrei D. Sakharov (1968). “Progress, coexistence, and intellectual freedom”
“The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.”
“People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate.”
“The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women want those clothes.”
“It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.”

Source : Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“A lot of great thinkers- like Einstein and Newton- come up with their best ideas when they're young because they don't yet think in the way that the establishment teaches them. Sometimes your lack of knowledge frees your mind to be creative and think in a different way. But you still have to be logical and figure out a practical way to get things done, even though you're looking at things differently.”

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