Adrian Ghenie Quotes & Sayings

Deductivism in mathematical literature and inductivism in scientific papers are simply the postures we choose to be seen in when the curtain goes up and the public sees us. The theatrical illusion is shattered if we ask what goes on behind the scenes. In real life discovery and justification are almost always different processes. — Peter Medawar

What gets left of a man amounts to a part. To his spoken part. To a part of speech — Joseph Brodsky

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties. — Dalai Lama

We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect. — Aristotle.

Programmers Never Die,
They Just Go Offline — Myself

I sucked in so much air it was a wonder Hawk didn't immediately pass out due to lack of oxygen. — Kristen Ashley

There are no new sins - only new sinners. There are no new crimes - only new criminals, No new evils - only new evildoers. No new pleasures - only new pleasure seekers. We must distinguish between wholesome, God-ordained pleasure and sinful, worldly pleasure. — Billy Graham

There is not a physicist in the world who can perceive when a parlor magician palms off playing-cards. — Charles Fort

Personally, I don't give a toss about French viewers. I make films for foreigners - it's a bit like Ken Loach, who's not very popular in England but has had a lot of success in France. Cinema is always an experience in a foreign body. — Bruno Dumont

...It is the one time Dante calls such explicit attention to the idea of contrapasso-a word for which we have no exact translation, no precise definition in English, because the word in itself is its definition... Well, my dear Longfellow, I would say countersuffering ... the notion that each sinner must be punished by continuing the damage of his own sin against him... just as these Schismatics are cut apart... — Matthew Pearl

Everything that happens is determined by God. — Muqtada Al Sadr

He had fallen in love with her emotions, and that was a very profound feeling indeed. — Francois Lelord

I always like to get local music when I'm in another country. — April Winchell