"The good chair is a task one is never completely done with"

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Source : Hans J. Wegner, Jens Bernsen (1994). “Hans J. Wegner”

Hans Wegner

#Tasks Quotes #Done Quotes #Chairs Quotes

“For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant.”

Source : Nathan Irvin Huggins (1995). “Revelations: American History, American Myths”, Oxford University Press, USA
“The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.”
“When I first came to New York, in the '70s, artists were certainly divided about the Andy Warhol persona, and about the work. I thought it was utterly cool - I thought the Factory was utterly glamorous - but there were a lot of artists I really admired and respected who were older that kind of dismissed it, couldn't get it, and felt that there was a lack of seriousness about it.”
“Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.”
“My mum loves cats so I took her to see the lion cubs which at about a year old are actually quite big. She wasn't scared at all and went straight over and kissed one on the mouth! She thought they were just like her pets at home.”
“I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.”

Source : Hermann Hesse (2012). “Demian: A Dual-Language Book”, p.18, Courier Corporation
“Active learning is always involved with interaction between teachers and students and Socratic methods and that's gonna continue.”
“Two scoops of crazy with a side of coo coo ca choo”

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