"I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were"

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Source : George Nelson (1979). “George Nelson on design”

George Nelson

#Designer Quotes #Mets Quotes

“A distinguished cognitive neuroscientist confessed to me that, because of his religious upbringing, he could not get rid of psychoneural dualism. The idea that one ceases to be after death was too painful to him.”

Source : Source: deutsche-denker.de
“Contentment... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding.”
“One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.”
“They adored each other; but still the permanent and the immutable subsist. We may love and laugh, pout, clasp hands, smile, and exchange endearments, but that does not affect eternity. Two lovers hide in the dusk of evening, amid flowers and the twittering of birds, and enchant each other with their hearts shinning in their eyes; but the stars in their course still circle through infinite space.”
“As a sovereign state, we should have operational command of our forces returned to us at an appropriate time. Korea and the United States have already reached an agreement where we will receive operational control of our forces when the conditions are met.”
“People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.”
“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard.”
“Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.”

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