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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Less is more.

Source: New York Herald Tribune, 1959.
-- Ludwig Mies van der...

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Nicolas Copernicus: Finally we shall...

Nicolas Copernicus: Finally we shall...

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic...

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Fred Hoyle: There is a...

Fred Hoyle: There is a...

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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Beryl Markham: You can live...

Beryl Markham: You can live...

You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about...

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Marie Curie: I have no...

Marie Curie: I have no...

I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be...

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An Wang: No matter how...

An Wang: No matter how...

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the...

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Joshua Reynolds: The real character...

Joshua Reynolds: The real character...

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Source: In Correct...

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Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

I'm afraid that if I look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

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Saul Steinberg: The life of...

Saul Steinberg: The life of...

The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important...

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Romare Howard Bearden: Well, it [artistic...

Romare Howard Bearden: Well, it [artistic...

Well, it [artistic method] is like jazz; you do this and then you improvise.

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Emily Carr: It is wonderful...

Emily Carr: It is wonderful...

It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she's something...

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William Morris: Not on one...

William Morris: Not on one...

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Harold S Geneen: Facts from paper...

Harold S Geneen: Facts from paper...

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as...

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Arthur C Clarke: We have to...

Arthur C Clarke: We have to...

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the...

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Martin H Fischer: A conclusion is...

Martin H Fischer: A conclusion is...

A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.

Source: Fischerisms, by...

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Edmund Hillary: There is precious...

Edmund Hillary: There is precious...

There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

Source: In The...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.

Source:...

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Albert Einstein: If I had...

Albert Einstein: If I had...

If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think...

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J B Priestley: No matter how...

J B Priestley: No matter how...

No matter how piercing and appalling his insights, the desolation creeping over his outer world, the lurid lights and...

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