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“GOD: I own you like I own the caves. THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison. GOD: I made you. I could tame you. THE OCEAN: At one time, maybe. But not now. GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you. THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea what's happened to me.”
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“There is no need to express art in terms of nature. It can perfectly well be expressed in terms of geometry and the exact sciences.”
Source : Georges Vantongerloo (1948). “Paintings, sculptures, reflections”
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“Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle - that's my map of Africa.”
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“I have no sentiments for nationality or for soil. But I grew up in Israel, so those things are in my blood, and I want to be part of Israeli culture.”
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“So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.”
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“There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging.”
Source : "Why doctors need to embrace their digital future now". Interview with Thomas Goetz, www.wired.com. January 31, 2012.
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“Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.”
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“If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you”
Source : "History of the World Conqueror" by 'Ala-ad-Din 'Ata-Malik Juvain, translated by J.A. Boyle, p. 105, 1958.