-
“The capitalist process shapes things and souls for socialism.”
-
“I think time is a constraint to destroy and then reinvent. If you give me a constraint, I'll accept it. But I always try to move it around, or to readapt it. Ecco! If you lock me in a room, well I'll go out through the window! I always remember Achille Castiglioni, one of my mentors, and he always said that in industrial design you have the idea, the fantasy, the concepts - that's the marmalade! - but the constraint of the brief is the bread. You need both in order to find structure for your ideas.”
-
“Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring.”
-
“I'm not political in the sense of activity. My activity, I guess, are the films. I can't really say if I'm worried or a bit optimistic. I think in a funny way I'm a little bit optimistic because even though nothing has really changed, and even though the governments keep changing and there's always chaos in the Arab world because it's not easy to cope with politically, for me it's really interesting.”
Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
-
“The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves.”
-
“The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.”
Source : Peter Matthiessen (2000). “The Peter Matthiessen Reader: Nonfiction, 1959-1991”, Vintage
-
“It is a good deed to forget a poor joke”
-
“American humor ... is not subtle. It is something that makes you laugh the moment you hear it, you have not to think a scrap.”
Source : Elinor Glyn (2013). “The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection”, p.252, eBookIt.com
