"Malevich, Lissitsky, Kandinsky, Tatlin, Pevsner, Rodchenkoâ€¦ all believed in the social role of artâ€¦ Their works were like hinged doors, connecting activity with activity. Art with engineering; music with painting; poetry with design; fine art with propaganda; photographs with typography; diagrams with action; the studio with the streetâ€¦"

-- John Berger

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“Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language and form versus the simple, uniform application of visual elements) and more patience (persistence over time versus creative authoritarianism).”
“I think there's going to be a very sudden shift in people's perception of the International Space Station, because suddenly it's going to look much, much bigger than it already is.”
“The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.”
“When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know how to move without thinking about it.”
“Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.”
“I have to say one of the lessons I learned is to always be prepared.”
“We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.”
“It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.”

Source : "Ray Nagin Takes Swipe at NYC 9/11 Rebuilding Efforts". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. August 26, 2006.

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