Jean Arp Quotes

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.

Jean Arp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sculptor
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 16, 1886 - June 7, 1966

Topics

LifeTechnologyDayManSilence

Stuff that's hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don't know what it does.

Jerry Garcia

YouKnowHiddenScaryBecauseStuff

I have the best habits in the world, and I cannot keep my phone secure.

John McAfee

BestWorldPhoneKeepHabitsCannot

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

Mia Wasikowska

HopeEveryoneWouldFeminist

I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

Robert Winston

PeopleThinkMediaDeserveCelebrity

I have always been attracted to apostrophe, perhaps because of its resemblance to prayer. A voice reaches out to something beyond itself that cannot answer it. I find that moving in part because it enacts what is true of all address and communication on some level - it cannot fully be heard, understood, or answered.

Mary Szybist

CommunicationPrayerMovingVoice

I love to hit people. I love to.

Mike Tyson

LovePeopleHitI Love

Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame are not normal, everyday malware, of course. All three of them were most likely developed by a Western intelligence agency as part of covert operations that weren't meant to be discovered. The fact that the malware evaded detection proves how well the attackers did their job.

Mikko Hypponen

JobIntelligenceFlameMeant To Be

In ancient times, we were users; we used the commodities in accordance to our needs. Using is not sufficient for the modern market; it needs consumers. Consuming means consuming things much more than the natural need of humanity or of any living being.

Lobsang Tenzin

HumanityLivingMoreNeedModern

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

Lord Byron

TimeMeKindUpReboundOdd

Whenever a Gujarati or Sikh businessman comes to a Republican event, it begins with an appeal to Jesus Christ. While the Democrats are really good at making the outsider feel at home, the Republicans make little or no effort.

Dinesh D'Souza

GoodHomeEffortFeelJesus Christ

Modesty is the color of virtue.

Diogenes

ColorVirtueModesty

As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative - as watching someone else's story - and much more toward enacting one's own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames.

Douglas Rushkoff

CultureExperienceMovingStory

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