Alexander Calder Quotes

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

Alexander Calder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sculptor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1898 - November 11, 1976

Topics

GoodArtEnoughArtistPerfect

When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation in places of public accommodation, he believed he was taking considerable political risks.

Robert Dallek

FightRisksLawPoliticalCongress

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Michelangelo

WorkArtPerfectionShadowTrue

I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

Michelle Williams

SimpleJobMeFindKnowBoring

I think if you try a little bit too hard sometimes, you can kind of shoot yourself in the foot.

Jason Day

YourselfThinkYouSometimesKind

Security is an endless race - one that you can lead but never decisively win. Yesterday's best defenses cannot fend off the attacks of today or tomorrow.

Craig Federighi

TodayBestTomorrowWinYouNever

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I'm sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

Brian Eno

GoodFunBuildingStartThinkDoing

I've been traveling more and feel like I've figured out a comfortable way to do it. The biggest shift is that I spend my traveling time 'in the moment,' I don't over-schedule when I'm somewhere and instead focus on longer time with less people. I also give myself plenty of me time on the road.

Brad Feld

TimeMyselfMomentFocusPeopleMe

Shine like the day I set cosmic eyes on you, friend, by the light of the sweet squash in my lovely laser broom.

Bradley Chicho

FriendEyesLightDayShineSweet

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.

Norman Schwarzkopf

FishingFunCatching

I always felt like I was on the move, that I was going towards something.

Noomi Rapace

AlwaysSomethingGoingMoveLike

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman.

Marilyn Monroe

EyesTimeWomanNightLookingThink

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

Muhammad Ali

BrotherDownWashingtonOverYears

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