#idea

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#commitments #especially #followed #idea #indeed

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#hate #idea #like #men #ought

The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#forgive #god #i #idea #mankind

In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#art #been #established #europe #everyone

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#becoming #edits #films #foreign #idea

If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #completely #construction #everything #experience

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#idea #more #new #new things #northern

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind. ↗

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

#benefit #bringing #convictions #ideal #irrespective

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#change #changes #connect #different #enveloping

I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#any #dress #i #ideas #marriage