"I who still pray at morning and at eve Thrice in my life perhaps have truly prayed, Thrice stirred below conscious self Have felt that perfect disenthrallment which is God."

“You tell them - you tell them there's a cost.....Every decision we make in life, there's always a cost.”

“Learning is a gift, even if pain is the teacher”

“What each school offers is something unique. But, there are two types of activity an architect must be educated on. First, the architect needs concentrated activities to learn the guidelines, and that is what school is for. But, second, is the public aspect of education. The architect needs to see architecture in the streets to learn.”

Source : Source: www.archdaily.com

“The election of Hoover...should result in continued prosperity for 1929.”

“It's simply not enough to just show up and do your work. Superior performance is not, never has been, nor will it ever be, the by-product of ordinary efforts.”

“I never feel like I'm running out of ideas, because it is clear to me - music is infinite”

“I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.”

Source : Siri Engberg, Kiki Smith, Linda Nochlin, Walker Art Center, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005). “Kiki Smith: a gathering, 1980-2005”

“There can be no democracy in a country where people are uneducated and do not understand their own position in the society and the world. People 'rule' only if they can make 'educated decisions'. Democracy means 'rule of the people'.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org