"Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them."

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Source : Ralph Caplan (2006). “Cracking the Whip: Essays on Design and Its Side Effects”, Fairchild Books

Ralph Caplan

#Museums Quotes #Design Quotes #Should Quotes

“Trust me, it takes talent to converse with a cat”
“Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.”
“I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.”
“I've liked the Yankees since I was a kid. I grew up in Canada so I kind of identified with New York sports teams.”
“Before I look stupid and not know what a word means or how to pronounce it, I'll stop the whole production, "Hey, real quick, guys. Define this word for me. Somebody."”
“I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.”
“Rationalism, which is the feeling that everything is subject to and completely explicable by Reason, consequently rejects everything not visible and calculable.”

Source : Francis Parker Yockey (2013). “Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics”, p.272, The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)
“If we lose the spirit of 'go,' we have lost the very Christian spirit itself. A disobedient church will become a dead church. It will die of heart failure.”

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