"I'm not a talker. I'm a formulator."

--

Josef Albers

#Talkers Quotes

“I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with a limited electorate -- just like the one the writers of our Constitution meant this country to be. When these white Christian patriots sat down to write the Declaration of Independence, there were no black citizens for them to worry about.”

Source : Interview with Alex Haley, Playboy, April 1966.
“I am willing to spend whatever it takes â€¦ My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I am the largest company by far in the industry and I am willing to speak out. I donâ€™t see any compelling reason for the government to allow people to gamble on the Internet and nobody has ever explained except for the two companies whose special interest is going to be served if there is gaming on the Internet, Caesars and MGM.”
“Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.”
“Well, so it must be, for as man saw reality, so it became.”
“Art can only be taught by artists.”

Source : Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press
“Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.”
“The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it.”
“The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.”

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