#vie

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story. ↗

— Anish Kapoor

#complete #counterpoint #involvement #itself #meaning

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture. ↗

— David Bohm

#compulsive #conform #constitute #culture #distortion

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#capable #careers #comes #courage #did

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. ↗

— Epictetus

#men #take #them #things #view

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#hand #heroes #kids #make #movies

I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator. ↗

— Buchi Emecheta

#believe #both #communicator #enable #i

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies. ↗

— Roland Emmerich

#american movies #even #everybody #hates #hollywood

There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the book, or the movie you're dealing with, but some aspect that maybe can explore something that the play couldn't do. ↗

— William Bolcom

#book #dealing #explore #got #honor

I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#away #ban #dominant #fascinating #from time to time

If I go on dates, my mom is always with me. She's always there making sure I'm all right. Like if I go to see a movie with a boy, she'll go to dinner next door. ↗

— Ariel Winter

#boy #dates #dinner #door #go