"The panorama-city is a 'theoretical' (that is, visual) simulacrum, in short a picture, whose condition of possibility is an oblivion and a misunderstanding of practices."

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Source : Michel de Certeau (2011). “The Practice of Everyday Life”, p.93, Univ of California Press

Michel de Certeau

#Practice Quotes #Cities Quotes #Oblivion Quotes

“Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.”
“I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.”
“The leader of the controversial Church of Scientology routinely physically attacked members of his management team, according to former executives, a Florida newspaper has reported. Defectors from the controversial organisation who spoke to the St Petersburg Times told the paper that David Miscavige was "constantly denigrating and beating on people". Mike Rinder, the church's spokesman for decades, said he was attacked by Miscavige some 50 times.”
“The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.”
“One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.”
“I will play to create history and enjoy myself and give pleasure to the fans.”
“I believe we lose immortality because we have not conquered our opposition to death; we keep insisting on the primary, rudimentary idea: that the whole body should be kept alive. We should seek to preserve only the part that has to do with consciousness.”

Source : Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ruth L. C. Simms (2003). “The invention of Morel”, New York Review of Books
“In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.”

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