“Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change.” PeopleIfsKnowsArtAcceptingCreativityEmpoweringAccepting Change Author:Antanas Mockus
“While I was the mayor of Bogotá, I received occasional death threats. Therefore, I had to use a bullet-proof vest. I made a hole right where my heart is. The hole was in the shape of a heart. I believe this kind of gesture, gave me indeed more protection.” BelieveHeartKindMadeUseI BelieveMy HeartPoliticianShapesThreatProtectionProofHolesGesturesBulletsOccasionalMayorsVestsBulletproof Author:Antanas Mockus
“We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.” NeedsApathyCynicismCivility Author:Antanas Mockus
“A speaker is like a lousy auto mechanic: Every time he fixes something in the language, he screws up something else.” LanguageSpeakersScrewsMechanicScrew UpsAuto Mechanic Author:Joseph H. Greenberg
“There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women…and Messi” ImportantBookImportant ThingsThings In LifeMessi Author:Antonio Lobo Antunes
“One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir! As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the finish. There's only one kind of painting. It is the painting that presents the eye with perfection, the kind of beautiful and impeccable enamel you find in Veronese and Titian.” KindEyeBeautifulPaintingPerfectionPupilsImpeccable Author:William-Adolphe Bouguereau
“One shouldn’t believe in all those so-called innovations. There is only one nature and only one way to see it. Nowadays, they want to succeed too fast, this is how they go about inventing new aesthetics, pointillism, pipisme! All this is just to make noise.” WayWantBelieveSucceedInnovationNoiseOne WayAestheticsInventingPointillism Author:William-Adolphe Bouguereau
“I could not paint at all if I had to paint slowly. Every effect is so transient, it must be rapidly painted.” IfsEffectsPaintTransient Author:Joaquin Sorolla
“All the mistakes committed by artists are due to their having separated themselves from truth, believing that their imagination is stronger. There is nothing stronger than nature. With nature in front of us we can do everything well.” BelieveWellsArtistCan DoImaginationMistakeFrontsTruth IsStrongerCommittedDues Author:Joaquin Sorolla