A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain
does not outlast the day. Such is the course of nature.
~ Lao Zi
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Category Archives: 1947 – Quote, Unquote
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You have to know what you want to get it.
~ Gertrude Stein
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One of the marks of maturity is the need for solitude: a city should not merely draw men together in many varied activities, but should permit each person to find, near at hand, moments of seclusion and peace.
~ Lewis Mumford
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The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be.
~ Lao Zi
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A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
~ Gertrude Stein
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Modern industrial design is based on the principle of conspicuous economy [but] the bourgeois culture which dominates the Western World is founded … on the principle of conspicuous waste.
~ Lewis Mumford
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To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
~ Lao Zi
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The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic.
~ Gertrude Stein
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It is our utopias that make the world tolerable to us: the cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.
~ Lewis Mumford
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He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.
~ Lao Zi
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