Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis Quotes
I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
Lao Tzu
The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
H. Rap Brown
I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
Rachel Sklar
Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
Walter Lippmann
I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
Tan Le
We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
Patricia Ireland
If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
Nana Mouskouri
And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
Vicente Fox
I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.
Gaby Hoffmann
I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
Sam Waterston
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
A. R. Ammons
I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I mostly wrote funny stuff instead of writing what I was supposed to be writing.
Alan Zweibel
The people that you work with, the organizations that are committed to the same objectives. If they know that you're in it together, and you're working towards the same objectives, and you agree on how to do more with less, you can actually have a greater impact.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters.
Jesmyn Ward
'You’ve a good heart,' she told him. 'Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go.' Then she shook her head. 'But mostly, it’s not.'
Neil Gaiman
Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility.
Nicolaas Bloembergen
I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis