Grayson Perry We have this idea that seriousness is of higher value. But surely there is more human pleasure and delight in time spent with humour than with pondering the great philosophical ideas. – Grayson Perry Delight Quotes Human Quotes Humour Quotes Idea Quotes Ideas Quotes Philosophical Quotes Pleasure Quotes Pondering Quotes Seriousness Quotes Spent Quotes Surely Quotes Time Quotes And it’s been one of my big sort of campaigns throughout my career, really, is to sort of make art accessible but without dumbing it down. You know, art – the more you know about it, the more you enjoy it. I have a knack for winning prizes; it must be something Ive done!
CommunicationUmberto Eco Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages… all forms of communication – visual, tactile, and so on… There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics. – Umberto Eco
Hans Blix I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that’s what we are trying to do as hard as we can. – Hans Blix
Chloe Zhao I’m constantly not on the right side of history. I sympathize with the soldiers in the enemy’s camp. For example in WWII, we know the Nazis and the Japanese were wrong. But I sympathize with the individual story of a soldier who was drafted into that. – Chloe Zhao
Nancy Gibbs Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what’s left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school. – Nancy Gibbs
George Perez I always rate a convention by the lack of blisters from twiddling my thumbs. – George Perez
Ross Butler My mom just wanted me to do anything that was academic, whether it was become a doctor or be a lawyer. Engineering suited her… then I dropped out. It was not what I wanted to do at all; it just felt so unnatural, and I couldn’t put my finger on why. I just knew it wasn’t for me. – Ross Butler
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