"I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them."

-- Jerzy Kosinski

“Americans are finally realizing that once you lose land, you can't get it back.”
“All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.”
“Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.”

Source : "What I'm not is a cheery person". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2008.
“Be aware that who you are and what you have to offer can be a beacon to some lost soul.”
“In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.”
“It is important to realize that a large percentage of what we hear or see on the news focuses on those places where there is violent conflict...It gives us a slightly or very distorted view of what is going on because there are many other parts of the planet where there is no violent conflict, but that is not on the news.”

Source : Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass (1993). “Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography”, Rizzoli International Publications
“When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?”
“An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean!”

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