"The point they (Lissitzky, Rodchenko, Tatlin, Gabo , the neo-Plasticists, and so on) all had in common was to be inside and outside at the same time ... For me, to be inside and outside is to be in an unheated studio with broken windows in the winter, or taking a nap on somebody's porch in the summer."

-- Willem de Kooning

#Summer Quotes #Winter Quotes #Naps Quotes

“Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.”
“Freedom is a responsibility to be earned, not a license for recklessness and anarchy. If someday, despite our strongest efforts and our deepest determination, we finally fall, let it be because our enemies finally beat us, not because we beat ourselves.”

Source : Dan Wells (2012). “Partials (Partials, Book 1)”, p.14, HarperCollins UK
“The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things”
“When I develop my recipes I always look for ways to create what I call the Big Taste. While I enjoy eating simple grilled foods, what interests me when I cook are dishes with a taste that is fully dimensional.”
“The ultimate lesson of The Interpretation of Dreams: reality is for those who cannot sustain the dream.”

Source : Slavoj Žižek (2001). “Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?”, Verso Books
“You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.”
“As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there.”
“Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.”

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