Kornelius Collier Quotes & Sayings

All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it? — David Hockney

But whatever any of them thought one thing was always certain: even though they suffered and had to struggle at times to bring meaning and even the most basic dignity into their existence and even though in their search for justice and truthfulness they were beaten down and met with disappointment again and again - their lives were not available for use as an illustration. Theirs were not stories that could be read as an affirmation of another system. — Nadeem Aslam

Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems. — David Parnas

That the fighting was done, townspeople began to flood out of alleys and recesses, timidly making for the gate and - presumably - safety. — Robert Jordan

Civil disobedience was new to Lancre, but its inhabitants had already mastered some of its more elementary manifestations, viz, the jerking of rakes and sickles in the air with simple up-and-down motions accompanied by grimaces and cries of "Gerrh!," although a few citizens, who hadn't quite grasped the idea, were waving flags and cheering. Advanced students were already eyeing the more combustible buildings inside the walls. Several sellers of hot meat pies and sausages in a bun had appeared from nowhere* and were doing a brisk trade. Pretty soon someone was going to throw something. — Terry Pratchett

I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids. — Tim McGraw

I want to take some quite incredible photographs that have never been taken before ... pictures which are simple and complex at the same time, which will amaze and overwhelm people ... I must achieve this so that photography can begin to be considered a form of art. — Alexander Rodchenko

If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused. — Jimmy Iovine

Doing more of what doesn't work doesn't work. — Nathaniel Branden

We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino. This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy. — Benigno Aquino III

Every soul has a past
Every soul lives a present
And every soul deserve a future
no judging on one's past
because its might be your future — Hlovate

Do you play tennis? Anarchists play a lot of tennis. And Counts do too. Counts and anarchists are the kind of people who, right now, play tennis most. — Unai Elorriaga

When I was 22 years old, I thought girls would like me if I wrote a novel. I spent so much time writing that I was thrown out of graduate school. — James Altucher

Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation. — Karen DeCrow

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times. — Billy Corgan