"I read a picture not for what's really going on there, I read it more for what is going on in our world generally."

-- Andreas Gursky

#Our World Quotes #World Quotes

“It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.”
“Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.”
“I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.”
“It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.”
“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle. And if you wanted to change things, you might have to tear down both and start over.”

Source : "Education 2020 — An Emerging Consensus About Learning" By Paula Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2011.
“Your Lord is bountiful to mankind: yet most of them do not give thanks.”
“The antagonism between nationalities will lose all its acuteness on the day when neither the iniquitous tendency to oppression and domination, nor the perpetual danger of the threatening preparations for war will exist. ("L'antagonisme entre les nationalitÃ©s perdra toute son acuitÃ© le jour oÃ¹ n'existera plus la tendance inique Ã l'oppression et Ã la domination, ni le perpÃ©tuel danger des menaÃ§ants prÃ©paratifs de guerre.:;Â», Fr.”
“Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.”

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