"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

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Source : Paul Klee, Felix Klee (1968). “The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918”, p.198, Univ of California Press

Paul Klee

#Beauty Quotes #Beautiful Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“In order to change a color it is enough to change the color of its background.”
“We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago - I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. But not only that - we absolutely need to retake the Senate. It is imperative that we take the Senate.”
“I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.”

Source : Charles Boner, Mary Russell Mitford (1871). “Memoirs and Letters of Charles Boner: With Letters of Mary Russell Mitford to Him During Ten Years”, p.123
“What love lays bare in me is energy.”

Source : Roland Barthes (1990). “A lover's discourse: fragments”, Penguin Books
“Now the dressing-room full of RSC hierarchy. Suddenly Trevor Nunn pushes his way through and 'Trevs' me. I've heard a lot about this 'Trevving', but never had it done to me. From what I'd heard, a 'Trev' is an arm round your shoulder and a sideways squeeze. But this 'Trev' is a full frontal hug, so complete and so intimate that the dressing-room instantly clears, as if by suction. I'm left alone in the arms of this famous man wondering whether it's polite to let go.”
“You know what's the worst? Being a 16 year old girl who loves a famous Singer, not solely for his looks, but because you truly believe he is talented and devoted and you agree deeply with his message. Because no matter how intelligently and fully you can express that, people will assume you're just a silly teenager who thinks a famous guy is cute.”
“Act your age, not your shoe size.”

Source : "Kiss". Song by Prince Rogers Nelson, 1986.
“Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.”

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