"The deflation, or flattening out, of values in Modern art does not necessarily indicate an ethical nihilism. Quite the contrary; in opening our eyes to the rejected elements of existence, art may lead us to a more complete and less artificial celebration of the world."

“One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.”

“If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company.”

“There are infimal readers, readers who want to read the same book over and over, but will never read the same book twice.”

“I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.”

“Wouldn't it be great if we didn't care who got the credit as long as the job got done?”

“Your timing is amazing," Kami told him. "By which I mean, I am amazed by it.”

“I think that in fact by taking on the persona of a human being, you begin to realise that it is all ego, and that beneath that ego is something else, and that something else is a tranquil, nonentity, that we are simply drops of the sea, that we belong to each other.”

Source : "Epiphanies: George Ogilvie, Director and Pilgrim". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. December 03, 2006.

“Life is what you make it so make the best of it.”