"One of the Age of Enlightenment's most hypnotic images is Ledoux's rendering of his neoclassical theater of 1775 - 1784 in Besancon, surreally reflected in the colossal eye of an unidentified cosmic being."

-- Martin Filler

#Eye Quotes #Age Quotes #Enlightenment Quotes

“Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.”
“An easy way to find your own style is to exaggerate yourself a bit and then find a balance.”

Source : "Best New Designers: Meet Johan Lindeberg (Again)". Interview with Andrew Richdale, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.
“The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are losing their lustre. A bumblebee, sitting on that lotus is enjoying the romantic pleasure and murmuring passionate songs.”

Source : "Gita Milindam (Song of the Bumblebee)". Book by Manmohan Acharya, July 12, 2010.
“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”

Source : Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin
“If I'm going to spend the whole night waiting for you guys to stop flirting and shoot each other, I want to at least be entertained.”

Source : Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.42, HarperCollins UK
“Stop in the middle of a sentence, leaving a rough edge for you to start from the nest day - that way, you can write three or five words without being â€œcreativeâ€ and before you know it, you're writing.”
“Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.”
“I've heard that it's some kind of weird two-lens system where the back camera uses two lenses and it somehow takes it up into DSLR quality imagery.”

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