Victor Papanek Quotes
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
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Camp Southern Ground is a lot more than a camp. It's more of a campus.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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Bankruptocracy is as much a European predicament as it is an American 'invention.' The difference between the experience of the two continents is that at least Americans did not have to labour under the enormous design faults of the eurozone.
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I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
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Even though I design my own jewelry, one of the great things about my job is being able to bring in really talented collaborators.
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The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
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When you wear your signature scent, you feel something special from within.
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I listen to a lot of Sublime. Dude, I'm obsessed with Sublime. You have no idea.
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Too many people today on Wall Street go for the quick buck at the expense of their reputation and client satisfaction, the rationale being “let’s make the money while we can and retire early in the sun.” For me, this is not a sprint but a marathon, besides the fact that, in my definition, overnight success is 15 years. Anyone who does not understand the basic tenets of this philosophy is not someone I can or will do business with.
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There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few.
