“The art of decoration requires the most sophisticated and self-indulgent skills. Its aim has always been to sate the senses as gloriously as possible. ... ornament is not only a source of sensuous pleasure; it supplies a necessary kind of magic to people and places that lack it. More than just a dread of empty spaces has led to the urge to decorate; it is the fear of empty selves.” PeopleKindArtSelfSpacePleasureMagicSourceSkillsEmptyAimSensesUrgesDreadSophisticatedSuppliesOrnamentsDecorationEmpty SpaceSensuousSelf Indulgent Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE? Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?
“it must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry.” ForceMagicDependsSkillsPatientWillingnessPhysiciansPsychiatry Book:Survival Source: Survival
“I've worked ever since I was a kid with a two-bit kit of magic tricks trying to improve my skills at entertaining whatever public I had - and to make myself ready, whenever the breaks came, to entertain a wider and more demanding public.” TryingTwoKidsBitsBreakMagicReadySkillsTricksEntertainingMagic TricksTwo Bit Author:Johnny Carson
“The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.” ThinkingWorldDreamUsedBlackPowerfulMagicLandYouthSkillsIndiaDigitalSnakesBlack MagicCharmersDigital India Author:Narendra Modi
“Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.” MenHumansSpiritCertainCourageMagicVictorySkillsIncrediblesDefeatLiftsOddsHuman SpiritValorMidway Book:Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway Source: Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway