Through the wages I disburse, the provisions I supply, I give more people food than any man alive.
Quotes
There are many kinds of meaning; and everyone has to find his own way to the expression of it. – Character of Carl Roessli,
It is a great error to despise representational painting; if academic art obeys the laws of the canvas it is just as valid. What
Architect Michael Graves
Somebody wrore me last week and asked me to design a tree house for their son, and I’m far too busy to be doing
$2.6 million watch, but no profit
Patek Phillippe 175 anniversary watch: $2.6 million edition of 7 8 years of research and development 60,000 hours to produce components 100,000 hours for
Franklin MacVeagh on Marshall Field
All of Mr. Fields’ money was fairly made, and he was conspicuous among the immensely rich for the fairness of his competition and the
Advice from packing baron Armour
Always keep at it. Don’t let up. Let liquor alone, pay your bills, marry a good wife, and pound away at whatever you want
John Stuart Mill
“Happiness is the sole end of human action” (As everything we want is part of part of happiness for us.”
When Hofmann spoke of Rembrant and Beethoven, those heroic, world transforming figures, he spoke of a yearning for freedom and intensity of expression, of