Form Quotes - Page 48

The photograph is the only picture that can truly convey information, even if it is technically faulty and the object can barely be identified. A painting of a murder is of no interest whatever; but a photograph of a murder fascinates everyone.

There is no doubt that the countries that now have a very large debt have not introduced the kind of structural reforms that Germany did and are therefore at a disadvantage. But the problem is that this disadvantage is becoming even more pronounced through the punitive policies in place.

Welfare reforms and the whole “happy” exploitation movement are not “baby steps.” They are big steps–in a seriously backward direction.

Mastery has been achieved when one neither makes a mistake nor hesitates in the performance.

The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.

When forms begin to crumble there is always an opportunity for great deepening. By deepening I mean the arising of who you are beyond form.

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

America's definitely a trendsetter, and it's where a lot of information goes out to the rest of the world.

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral. Failure to distinguish clearly between the two is ruinous. Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it.

You don't have to try, you just have to be.

Open your mind to every form of beauty

I don't say that I never feel fear before a performance, but I have learned to channel it.

Words are a form of personal expression. They differentiate us as well as fingerprints do. They reflect what kind of person we are.

My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

I've passion for software, and Microsoft provide me a true platform.

Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.

Imagination is more valuable than information.

The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.

There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion and if I hadn't shown them I would never have arrived at this point in fashion, you see.

Writing is a form of self-flagellation.