Alvar Aalto Quotes
In almost every task involving form, there are dozens, often hundreds of contradictory elements, which need to be forced to work in harmony by man's will. This harmony can be acheived only through art.
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I always watch the work I do.
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I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
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I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
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What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it like it is. I'm unafraid to do things when it doesn't poll well.
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For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.
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I don't hide. I never have. I stay at home because I like to stay at home, and at home I work.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.
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I learned about M&A and how to value assets and work with investment bankers.
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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.
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I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.
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I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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I've always been very determined. I don't get easily discouraged.
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I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.
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My own philosophy is if you're not having sex, you're finished. It separates the girls from the old people.
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If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with emotion.
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Take some time to learn first aid and CPR. It saves lives, and it works.
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In almost every task involving form, there are dozens, often hundreds of contradictory elements, which need to be forced to work in harmony by man's will. This harmony can be acheived only through art.
