published 18 days ago (20.09.2008 13:35)
Quote
»Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.«
— Pablo Picasso
Found in the blog post The Importance of Art?, which is very readable for it’s own content, and the following comments.
published about 1 month ago (19.08.2008 00:03)
reichtum
»Der Reichtum eines Menschen steigt mit der Anzahl der Dinge, die er
nicht braucht.«
published 2 months ago (26.07.2008 17:44)
a quote on christianity
»Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes… A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men «
—Betrand Russell in Why I Am Not a Christian, 1927
published 3 months ago (28.06.2008 13:52)
quote
»Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction …« — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
found in Chris Bangle’s great talk “Great cars are art”.
published 6 months ago (14.04.2008 19:48)
Human development index
every couple of years, the UN try to assess how “developed” all earth’s countries are. the result is the human development index. the factors going into it are income per capita, life expectancy and literacy. this is the result:
green => high, red => low, dark colors are the extremes.
gapminder has some excellent interactive visualizations of this data, like this one (static image, click to be taken there):
published 6 months ago (11.04.2008 09:13)
The Architecture of Happiness
»We arrange around us material forms which communicate to us what we need—but are at constant risk of forgetting we need—within. We turn to wallpaper, benches, paintings and streets to staunch the disappearance of our true selves.«
— Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
published 10 months ago (21.12.2007 15:34)
two quotes
“Der Horizont vieler Menschen ist ein Kreis mit Radius null – und das nennen sie ihren Standpunkt.” —Albert Einstein
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” —Mark Twain
published 10 months ago (16.12.2007 19:21)
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
“The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis theorizes that thoughts and behavior are determined (or are at least partially influenced) by language. […] To this day it has not been completely disputed or defended, but has continued to intrigue researchers around the world.”
published 11 months ago (11.11.2007 14:12)
Benjamin Mays sez
“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
—Benjamin Mays
published 11 months ago (11.11.2007 14:11)
shakespeare sez
“Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent” – Shakespeare