"Dostoevsky's visible world was a world of sensationalism. He may in the last analysis be a great mystic or a great psychologist; but he almost always reveals his genius on a stage crowded with people who behave like the men and women one reads about in the police news."

-- Robert Wilson Lynd

#Men Quotes #People Quotes #Police Quotes

“I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the software more clearly will be of tremendous value.”
“Time is different for a tree than for a man. Sun and soil and water, these are the things a weirwood understands, not days and years and centuries. For men, time is a river. We are trapped in its flow, hurtling from past to present, always in the same direction. The lives of trees are different. They root and grow and die in one place, and that river does not move them. The oak is the acorn, the acorn is the oak.”
“I was so tired of the parts I had to play.Â There seems little for me in Hollywood, because, rather than real Chinese, producers prefer Hungarians, Mexicans, American Indians for Chinese roles.”
“Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.”
“Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?”
“You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.”
“I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers.”
“I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.”

Source : Raoul Dufy, Alfred Werner (1970). “Raoul Dufy”, Harry N Abrams Inc

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