Quotes for All
I viewed the station as a place, a terrain where I could put a new architecture in place. The station was, of course, an historic monument, but it does not deserve all the respect given it when it is said it is perfect, original and coherent expression of a past that we must revere. Orsay … Read more
The tourist debauches the great monuments of antiquity, a comic figure, always inapt in his comments, incongruous in his appearance; …avarice and deceit attack him at every step; the shops that he patronizes are full of forgeries… But we need feel no scruple or twinge of uncertainty; ‘we’ are travelers and cosmopolitans; the tourist is … Read more
Monuments obtain their full worth through their complete use. Evangelos Venizelos
The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers. Ernest Thompson Seton
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and iron, which are incumbent on them, are MONUMENTS OF THE PAST FELICITY OF ORGANIZED NATURE! Erasmus Darwin
Everyone asks about how I’ll feel about the tattoos and scars in thirty years. I always say: I’ll like them. I’ve always loved damaged monuments, in architecture and in humans. Emma Forrest
Zalasiewicz is convinced that even a moderately competent stratigrapher will, at the distance of a hundred million years or so, be able to tell that something extraordinary happened at the moment in time that counts for us as today. This is the case even though a hundred million years from now, all that we consider … Read more
A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters – and the battle must go on. Elizabeth Kenny
The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to define our experience and those words bring attendant emotions that jerk us around like dogs on a leash. We get seduced by our own mantras (I’m a failure I’m lonely … Read more
The most fitting monuments this nation can build are schoolhouses and homes for those who do the work of the world. It is no answer to say that they are accustomed to rags and hunger. In this world of plenty every human being has a right to food, clothes, decent shelter, and the rudiments of … Read more