#elf

The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#created #general #however #itself #man

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#films #find #i #lonely #making

So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair. ↗

— Antonin Artaud

#causes #cleanse #despair #eliminate #failed

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#being myself #hell #i #myself #playing

I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on. ↗

— Jane Asher

#done #enjoy #enormously #experts #fun

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#all things #belief #enough #good #life

I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#i #keep #myself #now #shape

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#itself #love #may #ought #reveal

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. ↗

— David Attenborough

#adventure #ago #approach #days #didactic

The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about. ↗

— David Attenborough

#any #between #come #fit #here