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On variations

“Self-plagiarism is style.”
– Alfred Hitchcock

Wright now

“The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright

The envelope

“I am always doing something I can’t do in order that I may learn how to do it.”
–Pablo Picasso

Hypothesis/Thesis/Antithesis/Synthesis

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“Art is the antithesis of science. They are fundamentally different. The scientific method proceeds from the left hemisphere of the brain, moving methodically, each step based upon the data from the preceding step. Art emanates from the right hemisphere and, not constrained by logic, is propelled by intuition and imaginative association. Yet while their individual characteristics vary greatly, art and science are essentially the same. Each is a process involving the observation of phenomena in order to describe and understand the world around us.”
–John Langdon

Grey matters

“You must have an idea of what you are going to do. But it should be a vague idea.”
–Pablo Picasso

Yin and Yang

“In the act of creation, a man brings together two facets of reality and, by discovering a likeness between them, makes them one.”
–Jacob Bronowski

Master matters

“Let the disciples be damned. They’re not interesting. Only the masters matter. Those who create.”
–Pablo Picasso

The pace setter

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
– From ‘The Alchemist’

Virtual weapons

“There are weapons that are simply thoughts — ideas, prejudices — to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”
– Rod Serling

Let’s try that again.

“Behold, my friends, Spring has come. The Earth has gladly received the embraces of the Sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love.”
– Sitting Bull

Literary fantasy futurism

“Politicians should read science fiction, not Westerns and detective stories.”
– Arthur C. Clarke

The shower

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
– Pablo Picasso

The doldrums of sanity

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
– Charles Bukowski

With time

“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright