Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.
~ Albert Camus
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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm of kitsch, the dictatorship of the heart reigns supreme.
~ Milan Kundera
The Museum of Modern Art opened
on this day in 1929
The Museum of Modern Art in New York was opened on this day – November 7 – in 1929.
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We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.
~ Pablo Picasso
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Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.
~ Blaise Pascal
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We need to take more care of our environment. That means not only our personal environment but also our cities and our resources. That is the future of design.
~ Dieter Rams
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France is a picture already painted. America still has to be painted. Maybe that’s why I feel freer there. But when I work in America, it’s like shouting in a forest. There’s no echo.
~ Marc Chagall
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The hardest thing I ever did was keep my temper at that time.
~ George C. Marshall
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The best way to improve capitalism is to enable everyone to benefit from it directly as an equity owner. This is not a new idea, but it will be newly feasible as AI grows more powerful, because there will be dramatically more wealth to go around. The two dominant sources of wealth will be: (1) companies, particularly ones that make use of AI, and (2) land, which has a fixed supply.
~ Sam Altman
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Silence is argument carried out by other means.
~ Che Guevara
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