Arte Povera Quotes

#1. Beauty, as defined by society at large, seemed to be only about who was best at looking like everyone else.

Lucy Grealy

#2. Because so much disagreement remains hidden, our beliefs are not properly shaped by healthy scrutiny and debate. The absence of such argument also leads us to exaggerate the extent to which other people believe the way we do.

Thomas Gilovich

#3. ...I was forced to live through it all, every minute and then every day thereafter...

Susan Hill

#4. In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he always knows what's up, like nothing can ruffle him.

Jeff Greenfield

#5. A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.

Tim Berners-Lee

#6. One can be a pessimist in thought but not in action.

Marty Rubin

#7. Life doesn't offer many victories. It is wise to celebrate the few you manage to wring from its grasping hands

K. Hippolite

#8. Surely you ain't weak.
You just can't accept yourself as a strong person.

Toba Beta

#9. Lazy Lob and crazy Cob
are weaving webs to wind me.
I am far more sweet than other meat,
but still they cannot find me!
Here am I, naughty little fly;
you are fat and lazy.
You cannot trap me, though you try,
in your cobwebs crazy.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#10. I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and I think writing was a way of withdrawing into my own imagination.

Samantha Shannon