"When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And bad black landsâ€” But the scene is grey."

-- Stephen Crane

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“Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Though different traditions may emphasize different aspects, it is only the interplay of these antithetic forces and the struggle for their synthesis that constitute the life, usefulness, and supreme value of mathematical science.”
“The more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that”

Source : "What do you give the girl who has everything? A session with Mario" by Daisy Garnett, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2007.
“Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.”
“I wish the whole day were like breakfast, when people are still connected to their dreams, focused inward, and not yet ready to engage with the world around them. I realized this is how I am all day; for me, unlike other people, there doesn't come a moment after a cup of coffee or a shower or whatever when I suddenly feel alive and awake and connected to the world. If it were always breakfast, I would be fine.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.85, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
“We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you secure your own?”
“the truths of Christianity are constant, unchanging, and meant for all people, times, and places. But the methods by which truth is articulated and practiced must be culturally appropriated, and therefore constantly translated ...if doctrine is constant and practice is constantly changing, the result is living orthodoxy.”
“We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All things are photographable.”

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