"It is said that stone is the affection of old men. That may be so. It is the most challenging to work. A dialogue ensues â€“ of chance no chance, mistakes no mistakes. No erasing or reproduction is possible, at least in the way I work, leaving natureâ€™s mark. It is unique and final."

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Source : Isamu Noguchi (1999). “The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

Isamu Noguchi

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“Quand notre coeur a fait une fois sa vendange, Vivre est un mal. Once our heart has been harvested once, Life becomes miserable.”
“You don't have the potential to create, you are always creating.”
“Every month, the US is spending more on the Iraqi war than it took to reach Saturn and Titan. Mass murder is expensive, and good science is relatively cheap.”

Source : "Doomsday averted" by Caitlín R. Kiernan, greygirlbeast.livejournal.com. January 16, 2005.
“Every man and woman alive is gifted by God in some special way. People who have a self-image of worth are going to see value in what they do. This is the attitude that motivates them to be and to do their best. It's a drive that comes from within people.”
“Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good.”

Source : Gifford Pinchot (2017). “Gifford Pinchot: Selected Writings”, p.43, Penn State Press
“Captain John Sheridan: I wish I had your faith in the universe. I just don't see it. Delenn: Then I will tell you a great secret, Captain. Perhaps the greatest of them all. The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up this station , and the nebula outside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are starstuff. We are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. And as we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective.”
“No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.”
“There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten.”

Source : Champfleury (1885). “The Cat, Past and Present”

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