"At the crowded Costanzi Theater in Rome, while I was listening to the orchestral performance of your overwhelming Futurist music,1 together with my Futurist friends Marinetti, Boccioni, CarrÃ , Balla, Soffici, Papini, and Cavacchioli, there came to my mind the idea of a new art, one that only you can create: the Art of Noises, a logical consequence of your marvelous innovations."

-- Luigi Russolo

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“Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.”
“Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action.”

Source : Frances Moore Lappé (2007). “Getting a Grip 2: Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want”, p.317, BookBaby
“You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame.”
“In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess.”

Source : "Ethics, Enterprise, and the Multinational Corporation". Religion & Liberty Journal Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.
“One reason why so many people are unhappy, not knowing why, is that they have burdened their minds with resentments. These evil thoughts pile right on top of happier and generous ones and smother them so that they never get expression. Resentments are a form of hate.... What a dearth of good will and co-operation there are among human beings and nations! What a world this would be if we all worked together, and as a popular diplomat recently expressed it-played together!”
“We affirm depth as the only pictorial and plastic form of space.”

Source : Naum Gabo (2000). “Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews”
“Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman.”
“Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.”

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