Itten The Elements Quotes & Sayings

The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases. — Alexander Alekhine

I began to pick apart our knowledge of Frankenstein and discovered that the public's idea of this myth comes from a million different places ... I became committed to recontextualizing it all so it all worked in one story. — Max Landis

You make decisions, take actions, affect the world, receive feedback from the world, incorporate it into yourself, then the updated 'you' makes more decisions, and so forth, 'round and 'round. — Douglas Hofstadter

The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free? The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs. — Alan Kay

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen. — Julie Delpy

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport. — David Millar

When Lilia was four years old, her mother filled a shallow dish with Lilia's blood and fed it to the boars that patrolled the thorn fence. — Kameron Hurley

How unnecessary," said Amy. "The child's morbid enough."
"All children are morbid: it's their one saving grace," said Randolph, and went right ahead. — Truman Capote