Quotes about Life
Building art is a synthesis of life in materialized form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.
by Alvar Aalto (Architect, Finnish , born in 1898) keywords: art, bring, building, form, harmony, hat, life, same, should, splintered, synthesis, thinking, together, try, under , way Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.
by Alvar Aalto (Architect, Finnish , born in 1898) keywords: architecture, art, building, dangerous, dealing, good, into, life, make, nothing, possibilities, problems, separated , split Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
by Berenice Abbott (Photographer, American , born in 1898) keywords: act, acted, approach, build, creative, death, does, give, initiate, life, living, mean, out, photography, positive, rather, sings, song, subjective, than, upon, very , word There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.
by Berenice Abbott (Photographer, American , born in 1898) keywords: before, copy, could, evolve, know, many, own, pale, ruin, teacher, teachers , your Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.
by Paula Abdul (Musician, American , born in 1962) keywords: afraid, also, best, everyone, failing, friend, make, successful, sure, surround, your , yourself I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Athlete, American , born in 1947) keywords: between, difference, just, little, losing, make, may, right, thing, things, time, try, usually , winning It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Athlete, American , born in 1947) keywords: big, down, four, hard, just, picture, players, road, see, three, years , young Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
by Lascelles Abercrombie (Poet, British , born in 1881) keywords: always, attitude, cannot, epic, exhibits, great, itself, life, manner, poetry, said, some, strictly, symbolic , symbolize Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.
by Ben Affleck (Actor, American , born in 1972) keywords: able, actual, am, divorce, end, experience, lead, life, lot, perceived, pleasant, quite, reality, suffered, sure , world Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
by Richard Bach (Novelist, American , born in 1936) keywords: alive, earth, find, finished, here, mission, test, whether , your Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
by Josh Billings (Comedian, American , born in 1970) keywords: cards, consists, good, hold, holding, life, playing, those , well When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".
by Erma Bombeck (Journalist, American , born in 1927) keywords: before, bit, could, end, everything, gave, god, hope, left, life, say, single, stand, talent, used , would Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
by Mel Brooks (Comedian, American , born in 1926) keywords: alive, arms, around, death, flap, got, jump, least, legs, life, look, lot, must, noisy, opposite, philosophic, say, therefore, think, very, want, wax, will , your
