“the Form of Space” –Italo Calvino
“the Form of Space” –Italo Calvino
In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and in action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it. –Michelangelo
In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and in action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it. –Michelangelo
As truly as you see me before your eyes, so true is everything that I have written; and I could have said more had it been permitted. When you enter eternity you will see everything, and then you and I shall have much to talk about.
As truly as you see me before your eyes, so true is everything that I have written; and I could have said more had it been permitted. When you enter eternity you will see everything, and then you and I shall have much to talk about.
“People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”
“People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”
With all which, had it not been, I would not now be here, as I am.
With all which, had it not been, I would not now be here, as I am.
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough. Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough. Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
Of all the other stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind must have been his who conceived how to communicate his most secret thoguhts to any other person, though very distant either in time or place, speaking with those who are in the Indies, speaking to those who are not yet born, nor shall be this thousand or ten thousand years? An with no greater difficulty than the various arrangements of two dozen little signs on paper? Let this be the seal of all the admirable inventions of men… –Galileo
Of all the other stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind must have been his who conceived how to communicate his most secret thoguhts to any other person, though very distant either in time or place, speaking with those who are in the Indies, speaking to those who are not yet born, nor shall be this thousand or ten thousand years? An with no greater difficulty than the various arrangements of two dozen little signs on paper? Let this be the seal of all the admirable inventions of men… –Galileo
It is clear then that there is neither place, nor void, nor time, outside the heaven. Hence whatever is there, is of such a nature as not to occupy any place, nor does time age it; nor is there any change in any of the things which lie beyond the outermost motion; they continue through their entire duration unalterable and unmodified, living the best and most self sufficient of lives… –Aristotle
It is clear then that there is neither place, nor void, nor time, outside the heaven. Hence whatever is there, is of such a nature as not to occupy any place, nor does time age it; nor is there any change in any of the things which lie beyond the outermost motion; they continue through their entire duration unalterable and unmodified, living the best and most self sufficient of lives… –Aristotle
I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change…
I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change…