Bourriaud Nicolas Quotes & Sayings

There is no little sin, because no little God to sin against. — Thomas Brooks

Dreams are wishes that will in all probability never come true. (Sophie) — Mary Balogh

A fundamental understanding of the human psyche is the essential key to successful magic. — Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin

A certain bone-deep understanding occurred and my hand tightened around the smaller one I held. It weren't stars we were staring at. The sky was falling. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

We never went back to normal after that fight. — R.J. Lewis

You fight, work, sweat, nearly kill yourself, sometimes do kill yourself, trying to accomplish something - and you can't. Not from any fault of yours. You simply can do nothing, neither great nor little - not a thing in the world - not even marry an old maid, or get a wretched 600-ton cargo of coal to its port of destination. — Joseph Conrad

Altermodern is an in-progress redefinition of modernity in the era of globalisation, stressing the experience of wandering in time, space and mediums. The term 'altermodern has its roots in the idea of 'other-ness (Latin alter = 'other, with English connotation of 'different) and suggests a multitude of possibilities, of alternatives to a single route. It suggests that the historical period defined by postmodernism is coming to an end, symbolised by global financial crises. — Nicolas Bourriaud

Only when we fix our gaze on the heavenly things do we begin to understand the eternities. Only with the help of Christ can we fully overcome tragedy. It is necessary to develop our faith in Him as the Redeemer of the world. He taught us: In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. — CARLOS H. AMADO

Artists are looking for a new modernity that would be based on translation: What matters today is to translate the cultural values of cultural groups and to connect them to the world network. This "reloading process" of modernism according to the twenty-first-century issues could be called altermodernism, a movement connected to the creolisation of cultures and the fight for autonomy, but also the possibility of producing singularities in a more and more standardized world. — Nicolas Bourriaud

An undeniable truth is that while Obama and Pelosi and George Soros and whoever else tell you and me to get off oil, they won't - they're the elites. They're smarter, they're running the world, and they have to be able to get to where they have to go. — Rush Limbaugh

How can we prevent this telescoping of cultures and styles from ending up in kitsch eclecticism, a cool hellenism excluding all critical judgment? — Nicolas Bourriaud

Success can never identify who you are. You must always identify it. You cannot allow the failures to identify who you are. — Greg Plitt

They say the good die young, so the bad die old.
Guess we somewhere in the middle, so just pray for my soul. — Jon Connor

Running a liberal paper is like feeding melted butter on the end of an awl to a wild cat. — Oscar Ameringer