“May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.” YearsMayHas BeensBookIllusionFellowsHumbleContraryFortyArchitectGrandeurPublic GoodOpen BookDelusions Of GrandeurIllusions Of Grandeur Author:Ralph Thomas Walker
“I would warn against too much of a radical devotion to rationality. Rationality is an illusion, an invented concept, a construct from the mind of man. It is not a property of the universe. Rationality may be a useful tool when it suits our purposes, however, it is merely a measuring stick, calibrated against what we know of the nature of the universe - all of which may or may not be completely inaccurate.” KnowsMenLifeMindMayPurposeUniverseToo MuchIllusionConceptsToolsPropertySticksDevotionSuitsRadicalRationalityConstructsMeasuring Author:Derek R. Audette
“The peculiarity of sculpture is that it creates a three-dimensional object in space. Painting may strive to give on a two-dimensional plane, the illusion of space, but it is space itself as a perceived quantity that becomes the peculiar concern of the sculptor. We may say that for the painter space is a luxury; for the sculptor it is a necessity.” GivingMayTwoThreeSpaceObjectsPaintingIllusionConcernStrivePainterLuxuryPlanesPeculiarQuantitySculptureSculptors Author:Herbert Read
“Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.” MayArtSoulWorshipIllusionArt IsInfiniteLifetimeGoddessIntrigueFickle Author:Robert Genn
“The pathway to enlightenment is joyful. It may sound harsh. I suggest just the opposite. It is rather easy compared to the possibilities of staying in pain and illusion.” MayPainEasySoundPossibilityEnlightenmentIllusionOppositesStayingJoyfulHarshPathways Author:Frederick Lenz