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Quote by John Gabriel Stedman

“Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.”

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John Gabriel Stedman was a renowned 18th-century British traveler and author, known for his explorations in Southern Africa and East Africa. Born in the Netherlands in 1744, he moved to Britain and spent approximately 20 years in South Africa, participating in the trade activities of the Dutch East India Company and conducting numerous expeditions, which he meticulously documented. more

Source: Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the Year 1772, to 1777: Elucidating the History of that Country, and Describing Its Productions ... with an Account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. By Captn. J. G. Stedman ... ...

“Here among the constant ruins and rebuilding of civilizations lies the coexistence of diversity and intolerance.”

Lying Civilization Diversity Constant Ruins Intolerance Rebuilding Coexistence

Book:Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

Source: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

“The Holocaust never quite leaves Israeli Jews alone. Arabs use it against them and they use it against Arabs. Jews use it against other Jews. Even the president of the United States, it seems, can use it against the prime minister of Israel.”

States Use Seems President United United States Jew Israel Ministers Prime Holocaust Prime Minister Never Quit Israeli

Book:Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

Source: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

“What the computer can do in art and design has turned aesthetics on its head... with the computer, things are not so much created as they are produced, with the producer-director becoming the star and the controlling force of much that was in other hands at other times.”

Art Hands Force Stars Can Do Design Becoming Directors Computer Producers Aesthetics

Author:Nicholas von Hoffman

“There was a tangible sense of potential as we packed them up. 'We're giving people 3-D printers that they can afford. What are they gonna make?”