"That has been my entire life story. Running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. The acceptance of certain realities doesnâ€™t preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs."

-- Rem Koolhaas

#Running Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Reality Quotes

“My music is best understood by children and animals.”
“I think it's a really excellent time to be a woman in music. A lot of the past was women fighting to be where women are now. Every once in a while I'll get the, "Oh, you're a pretty good guitar player for a girl," bullshit like that. But that's all changing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A lot of the public responses are based on the prejudices and ignorance, they've been inherited from previous generations. California has always been a multicultural state, but the thing is, you've got to open your eyes and people in general need to get over their own prejudices.”

Source : Source: www.geekscape.net
“In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.”

Source : Michael Shermer (2010). “Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown”, p.197, Macmillan
“Every time I make, I've made a piece of work, I've wanted to get rid of it, obliterate it and do the next thing, because it was never quite what I wanted. I think the moment you think you've arrived is the moment that you should stop.”
“Criticized for using formal mathematical manipulations, without understanding how they worked: Should I refuse a good dinner simply because I do not understand the process of digestion?”
“I see my work as visual meditations on the human experience and my attempts to capture the thin, otherwordly realm I believe exists between what we see and what we cannot.”
“But what's the good of freedom? What can you do with it? What one wants is to live well and have a beautiful house and be respected by people.”

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