Silvain Wyler Quotes & Sayings

Without artists, the order which we find in nature, and which is only an effect of art, would at once vanish. — Guillaume Apollinaire

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it. — Ambrose Bierce

Going to Europe, someone had written, was about as final as going to heaven. A mystical passage to another life, from which no-one returned the same. Those returning in such ships were invincible, for they had managed it and could reflect ever after on Anne Hathaway's Cottage or the Tower of London with a confidence that did generate at Sydney. There was nothing mythic at Sydney; momentous objects, beings and events all occurred abroad or in the elsewhere of books. — Shirley Hazzard

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling. — Julianna Baggott

The exciting thing about mathematics and science and music and literature is what they can tell us about the workings of the human mind. For these disciplines are literally models (extensions) of at least certain parts of the mind. Just as the knife cuts but does not chew, while the lens does only a portion of what the eye can do, extensions are reductionist in their capability. No matter how hard it tries, the human race can never fully replace what was left out of extensions in the first place. Also, it is just as important to know what is left out of a given extension system as it is to know what the system will do. Yet the extension-omissions side is frequently overlooked. — Edward T. Hall

At the end of the day, if you've got the great idea, and someone judges you've got the managerial capability, you'll probably get the backing for it. — John Caudwell

If you wear a white polka dot on your legs, you're going to want to wear a black polka dot on top. — Brad Goreski