Posts filed under ‘inspiration’
Ideals to light the world
“As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.”
Be yourself
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Transform
“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
-Pablo Picasso
Rapt in awe
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”
-Albert Einstein
Kinetic sculptor
Scientist-turned-artist Theo Jansen has crafted ‘animari’ that walk on the wind. Check out this amazing short clip.
“The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.”
-Theo Jansen
Each of us has a voice
Grace at The 13 Graces has posted about an extraordinary man and his cross-country ‘walk to end the wars’. I hope you’ll take a moment to visit her site and read about Bill McDannell and his journey.
