Walter Gropius Quotes

The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.

Walter Gropius

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

InfluencePresentMoreOverDays

I do believe that a poet would possess a stronger intuitive sense of phrasing with a rock song. There is a way to tap into the emotions of an audience simply by the cross of a certain phrase, even a single word, against a certain chord.

Jim Carroll

SongBelieveStrongerEmotionsRock

I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.

Jesse McCartney

TimeGrowing UpThinkGrowYouNew

Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses.

Maureen Forrester

LifeFutureMistakePeopleAlcohol

In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.

John Van Hamersveld

TogetherWordsCrazyWorldFace

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

John Ratzenberger

HumorUncomfortableComediansSure

I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

ServiceWillAlwaysTipBeenEven

I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story.

Roddy Doyle

GoodExperienceStoryJust Because

You go to New York, and people say New Yorkers are so rude, and I think they're so nice. They might yell at you, but it's nice.

Rosemarie DeWitt

New YorkPeopleThinkYouNewNice

Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic policies were instituted is abysmal, okay?

Jay Carney

MeSayOkayHappenEconomicJust

My first book of poems was published privately in 1949. That was my mother. The book was '25 Poems.' It cost 200 dollars.

Derek Walcott

MotherBookFirstCostPoems

Things that are unknown attract us.

Deborah Ann Woll

UnknownThingsAttractUs

Each book requires a different kind of treatment and structural gambit.

Colson Whitehead

BookKindDifferentTreatmentEach

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