“Usually I draw in relation to my painting, what I am working on at the time. On a lucky day a surprising balance of forms and spaces will appear... making itself, the image taking hold. This in turn moves me toward painting - anxious to get to the same place, with the actuality of paint and light.” LightMovingFormTurnsSpacePaintingBalanceLuckyDrawsRelationPaintAnxiousSurprisingActualityMethodologyLucky Day Book:The drawings of Philip Guston Source: The drawings of Philip Guston
“In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.” WarCharacterTurnsThreeMaterialsBalanceRelationQuartersTotal WarManpowerPersonal Character Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Vitality springs from diversity -- which makes for real progress so long as there is mutual toleration, based on the recognition that worse may come from an attempt to suppress differences than from acceptance of them. For this reason, the kind of peace that makes progress possible is best assured by the mutual checks created by a balance of forces-alike in the sphere of internal politics and of international relations.” KindMayLongRealReasonPoliticsForcePeaceDifferencesJusticePowerProgressAcceptanceBalanceDiversitySpringRelationIndependenceInternationalToleranceChecksRecognitionInternalsMutualSpheresIndividualismAssuredVitalityInternational RelationsToleration Book:Why Don't We Learn from History? Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?
“There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others. O, we need it. We need all the counterweights we can muster to balance the sad relations of life. God has made many sunny spots in the heart; why should we exclude the light from them?” NeedsShouldHeartMadeLightFunHavensBalanceRelationSpotsSunnyMirthMuster Book:Nature and Human Nature Source: Nature and Human Nature
“The only time in the history of the world that we have had any extended periods of peace is when there has been a balance of power. It is when one nation becomes infinitely more powerful in relation to its potential competitors that the danger of war arises.” WorldHas BeensWarNationsPowerfulDangerBalancePeriodsRelationAriseCompetitorsOnly TimeWorld HistoryBalance Of Power Author:Richard M. Nixon
“So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do together, and we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature.” WorldHumansDifferentTogetherChallengesWealthImagineBalanceRelationHuman RelationsDifferent Worlds Author:David Suzuki