“I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which late industrial people spend the most time - phones, music players, etc. - are blobjects.” PeopleLooksBookPlayerCarDesignLatePhonesComicThese DaysEtcComic BookGadgets Author:Scott Westerfeld
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.” LooksLittlesAgeCertainSleepMorningYouthBirthWasteLateSacredSillyOld AgeEveningRisingLook UpEach DayOccupationWakingUnworthyTalkativeQuintessenceRest And Sleep Book:Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer Source: Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer
“I am living a new and exalted life of late. It steeps me in a sacred rapture to see a portrait develop and take soul under my hand. First, I throw off a study - just a mere study, a few apparently random lines - and to look at it you would hardly ever suspect who it was going to be; even I cannot tell, myself.” FirstsLooksSoulHandsLinesStudyLateSacredMereSuspectsPortraitsExaltedRapturePortraitureSelf PortraitSelf Portrait Photography Book:Mark Twain's works Source: Mark Twain's works
“It was Sunday morning (one a.m.), a not unusual time for some farmers, after a late Saturday night, to have a look round their stock and decide to send for the vet.” LooksNightAnimalMorningLateRoundsPetSundayFarmersUnusualSaturdaySaturday NightVetsSunday Morning Book:Vet in Harness Source: Vet in Harness