"Schinkel was not arbitrary in his use of historical modes but rather eclectic in the best sense of the word. He could search the past for its conspicuous successes using them both freely and discursively as the basis for a contemporary architecture."

-- Karl Friedrich Schinkel

#Past Quotes #Historical Quotes #Arbitrary Quotes

“I love horror movies! I've loved horror movies since I was about eight years old, not that an 8-year-old should be watching The Shining, but I was allowed to, for some reason. Ever since then, I've loved good horror movies.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.”
“If there be no right of rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I am sure that it is better for men to fight and die without right than to live in such a state of right as this.”

Source : Sir Roger Casement (1917). “Trial of Sir Roger Casement”, Canada Law Book
“In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended.”

Source : Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”
“Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!”
“True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers of their own person.”
“Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.”
“If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us.”

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