Alvar Aalto Quotes

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.

Alvar Aalto

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: finnish
  • Birth: February 3, 1898 - May 11, 1976

Topics

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During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.

Jessie J

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I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

Jesse Helms

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I was a total music nerd. I grew up on Perry Street in the '80s. My father wrote books about jazz, so I was always at the 'Village Vanguard.'

Andrew Wyatt

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Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.

John Kricfalusi

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How much we owe to good teachers, good education, and good advice!

Robert Mundell

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It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn't mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and contributes to others.

Angelina Jolie

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I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.

Stephen Costello

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The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market has been undermined. Global trade, capital flows, and immigration are declining.

Roger Altman

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The biggest gap there is in America is not economic; the gap is spiritual and cultural.

Mike Huckabee

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We'll get material in there and all of a sudden I'll switch the material around or the order of the show.

Davy Jones

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'White Material' is about courage and craziness.

Claire Denis

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The church must constantly promote dialogue.

Claudio Hummes

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