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“In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance is a way of trying to talk about being at the center of things.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“What do I want to express? The subject means little. The arrangement, the design, colour, shape, depth, light, space, mood, movement, balance, not one or all of these fills the bill. There is something additional, a breath that draws your breath into its breathing, a heartbeat that pounds on yours, a recognition of the oneness of all things.”

Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

“Design is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function.”

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Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“It's a fine balance between design and the thing making itself happen. The stroke has to have complete precision to work. Sometimes I lose it on the exit. You can't fudge it. It ruins the whole thing.” The resulting figures are almost always contained within the rectangle. “It's less of a window if I keep it within the confines of the canvas, but there's almost always a drip that's an umbilical cord.”

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Author:James Nares

“Before thy undertaking of any design, weigh the glory of thy action with the danger of the attempt; if the glory outweigh the danger, it is cowardice to neglect it; if the danger exceed the glory, it is rashness to attempt it; if the balances stand poised, let thy own genius cast them.”

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Author:Francis Quarles

“We have to design policies that have meaningful impacts on the quality of life of women and families. And that's something that I know I can speak passionately about because whether I'm in the White House as First Lady, as long as I have kids and I'm trying to have a life, I'm gonna be trying to make this balance work...”

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Author:Michelle Obama

“Another world is possible!' ... Another world is also necessary, for this one is unjust, unsustainable, and unsafe. It's up to us to envision, fight for, and create that world, a world of freedom, real justice, balance, and shared abundance, a world woven in a new design.”

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Book:Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders

Source: Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders

“Without rules you can't have anything, but you don't want to just be pedantic or obsessive. The painting is finished when it's working. The overall balance is right. Balance shouldn't be confused with design. There has to be restless jostle and aggression and a bit of dynamism, not just pat-ness or settled-ness or immediate pleasing-ness.”

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Author:Matthew Collings

“White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge. Bring order to the whole Through design, composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony.”

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Author:Stephen Sondheim

“When we invest in the things that matter most to us, that are within God's unique design for each of us, I believe we will achieve a sense of balance in our lives.”

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Author:Candace Cameron

“It's an art installation to put out a collection, with the people behind the scenes who are inventing and creating these designs and making sure they're realized on the catwalk, and just how much hangs on it for the designers. Their livelihoods hang in the balance, as far as whether this year's collection works for them or not, and there are so many people's jobs on the line, as a result of that. I just had no idea.”

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Author:Tom Riley

“I want to get young girls excited in science, tech, engineering mathematics, art, design - and how they come together. We've got this Choose Science campaign. Once women are there, though, we have to retain them. When I look at universities, it's not enough to have role models, we need to have champions. We need to have more women in senior leadership positions. There are issues about work-life balance. Women go to have children and then who keeps the lab running? There are many challenges.”

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Author:Kirsty Duncan

“I think there is an elegance and balance to design in nature that is the starting point for creating something of beauty. But I would hate the idea of being defined by anything other than my own aesthetic.”

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Author:Dominic Jones

“The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.”

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Author:Venus Williams

“It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion.”

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Book:Andrew Wyeth

Source: Andrew Wyeth

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”