Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The problem with relying on connoisseurs is that in any difficult case there is usually an equal and opposite cadre of them.
— Walter Isaacson, Leonardo Da Vinci
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
The only thing you need to have an architecture office is clients.
— Nick (potentially paraphrased)
Monday, December 9, 2019
It is lighter than you think.
— Corita Kent, Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules
Sunday, December 8, 2019
"One must apply the greatest artistry in three things," Alberti wrote, "walking in the city, riding a horse, and speaking, for in each of these one must try to please everyone."
— Walter Isaacson, Leonardo Da Vinci
Saturday, December 7, 2019
To read a book about every president.
— Andy
Friday, December 6, 2019
Why had the Indians made a point of taking the Bible? According to Goodnight, Comanche shields, made of two layers of the toughest rawhide from the neck of a buffallo and harden in fire, were almost invulnerable to bullets when stuffed with paper. When Comanches robbed houses they invariably took all the books they could find.
— S. C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Optics is everything, it's all one big PR campaign.
— Amtrak conductor to a new conductor, explaining how he handled a rude passenger
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
This project is too big for anyone to care about anything.
— Eve*
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Do you want an espresso?
— Martha
Monday, December 2, 2019
And you are the very first human being I am calling.
— Voicemail on Sid's machine (potentially paraphrased)*
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Dad does your eliptical turn on anymore or no?
— Lily
Saturday, November 30, 2019
I wonder if it was the same four.
— Adam Driver to son on if they cried at the same 4 moments during the movie, Marriage Story
Friday, November 29, 2019
You know that the Dalai Lama is obsessed with watches?
— Caroline
Thursday, November 28, 2019
It's vanilla scented.
— Kelly on baby toy
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Some were practically naked, their clothes and underwear devoured by termites.
— Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
You never know what turns people on.
— Sid on Lily banging my arm to find my reflex then giving me a kiss
Monday, November 25, 2019
Take the thinking from these objects.
— Alexander Tochilovsky
Sunday, November 24, 2019
When I'm not reading that means I'm looking at the pictures.
— Mason reading me Go, Dog. Go!
Saturday, November 23, 2019
"One thing I want now is privacy," he told a New York Times reporter. "I want to close up like a native oyster."
— Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt
Friday, November 22, 2019
And he thought you were just finer than frog fur.
— Matt Damon, Ford v Ferrari