Walter Gropius Quotes

The school is the servant of the workshop and will one day be absorbed in it. Therefore there will be no teachers or pupils in the Bauhaus but masters, journeymen, and apprentices.

Walter Gropius

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 18, 1883 - July 5, 1969

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DaySchoolTeachersWillOne Day

Growing up, I was quite self-conscious about getting too tall, but then I realized, 'You know what? I can use it to my advantage. Big is beautiful.'

Andreja Pejic

BeautifulGrowing UpYouI CanKnow

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

John Kluge

LifeExcellenceMy LifePhilosophy

Even on a large ensemble where their parts are relatively small - because having ten main characters obviously affects their screen time - the thing that attracts great actors is when there is that challenge to get some reality into something.

John Hillcoat

GreatTimeChallengeSmallReality

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

John Wooden

LifeWisdomYourselfSmartPeople

There's this old Frank Sinatra song: 'If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere'... that song was about New York, but it applies to America. People know that if you make it in America, you can make it anywhere, and that is both in terms of sophistication and customer satisfaction.

Anand Mahindra

New YorkPeopleSongAmericaYou

I'm not a big fan of doing it because I get really frustrated because I can't do any of the tricks, but I love to watch magic.

Sterling Beaumon

LoveDoingMagicBigWatchGet

I need to make the characters that I play in movies more accessible to audiences, more real. As an actor, you're always passive; you're not making that many choices, so when something allows you to open up a bit, you want to explore your newfound freedom.

Shu Qi

FreedomChoicesYouPlayMovies

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.

Michael Pollan

NatureCultureProgressWilderness

What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech.

Louis D. Brandeis

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The women and the men are teachers and preachers in my family, and a little bit of both those fell on me.

Lizz Wright

FamilyWomenMenMeTeachersLittle

The first thing you learn about the music business is that it changes very quickly. You come into it at a certain point and you think you have a handle on it... And then, three years later, the whole thing has been turned upside-down.

Dean Wareham

BusinessMusicThinkLearnYou

Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property.

Cliff Richard

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