We're not working as efficiently and effectively as we could be. Without adequate staff, appliances ...
PIET SMITH Intuition enlightens and so links up with pure thought. They together become an intelligence which i...
PIET MONDRIAN The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with ...
PIET MONDRIAN I am only satisfied insofar as I feel 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' is a definite progress, but e...
PIET MONDRIAN Many appreciate in my former work just what I did not want to express, but which was produced by an ...
PIET MONDRIAN Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.
PIET HEIN The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and l...
PIET HEIN The human spirit sublimates
the impulses it thwarts:
a healthy sex life mitigates
the lust ...
PIET HEIN The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.
PIET MONDRIAN Experience was my only teacher; I knew little of the modern art movement. When I first saw the works...
PIET MONDRIAN Everything is expressed through relationship. Colour can exist only through other colours, dimension...
PIET MONDRIAN The clarification of equilibrium through plastic art is of great importance for humanity. It reveals...
PIET MONDRIAN Put up in a place
where it is easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T.T.T

W...
PIET HEIN It has become progressively clearer that the plastic expression of true reality is attained through ...
PIET MONDRIAN The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and sp...
PIET MONDRIAN We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympa...
PIET MONDRIAN All individual thought is dissolved in universal thought, as all form is dissolved in the universal ...
PIET MONDRIAN Dance, theatre, etc. as art, will disappear along with the dominating 'expression' of traged...
PIET MONDRIAN Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.
PIET MONDRIAN We need words to name and designate things. But we have only a static language with which to express...
PIET MONDRIAN A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.
PIET HEIN The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
PIET MONDRIAN Things are beautiful or ugly only in time and space. The new man's vision being liberated from t...
PIET MONDRIAN Let us note that art - even on an abstract level - has never been confined to 'idea'; art ha...
PIET MONDRIAN Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which...
PIET MONDRIAN I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arri...
PIET MONDRIAN Problems worthy of attack
prove their worth by fighting back.
PIET HEIN After all, what is art? Art is the creative process and it goes through all fields. Einstein’s the...
PIET HEIN One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this ...
PIET MONDRIAN Here lies, extinguished in his prime,/ a victim of modernity:/ but yesterday he hadn't time--/ and n...
PIET HEIN The universe may / be as great as they say. / But it wouldn't be missed/ if it didn't exist.
PIET HEIN People are self-centeredto a nauseous degree.They will keep on about themselveswhile I'm explaining ...
PIET HEIN The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err again but less and less and ...
PIET HEIN If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pic...
PIET MONDRIAN I began as a naturalistic painter. Very quickly I felt the urgent need for a more concise form of ex...
PIET MONDRIAN I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.
PIET MONDRIAN THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF GASTRONOMY

There's a rule for proper doses
in the dinner-eat...
PIET HEIN We ought to live each day as though
it were our last day here below.
But if I did, alas,...
PIET HEIN Knowing what
Thou knowest not
Is in a sense
Omniscience.
PIET HEIN The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

Piet Mondrian
PIET MONDRIAN The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust for other...
PIET HEIN The road to wisdom? Well, it’s plain / And simple to express: / Err / and err / and err again, / b...
PIET HEIN Living isa thing you donow or never -which do you?
PIET HEIN If no thought your mind does visit, Make your speech not too explicit
PIET HEIN To make a name for learning/ when other roads are barred,/ take something very easy/ and make it ver...
PIET HEIN Nature, it seems, is the popular name
for milliards and milliards and milliards
of particl...
PIET HEIN The most advanced minds as well as the least advanced are obliged to use the same words. If we adopt...
PIET MONDRIAN It ought to be plain how little you gain
by getting excited and vexed.
You'll always be ...
PIET HEIN The natural does not have to be a specific representation. I am now working on a thing which is a re...
PIET MONDRIAN I do not know how I shall develop, but for the present, I am continuing to work within ordinary, gen...
PIET MONDRIAN Subjectivity ceases to exist only when the mutation-like leap is made from subjectivity to objectivi...
PIET MONDRIAN SMALL THINGS
& GREAT

He that lets
the small things bind him
leaves the...
PIET HEIN WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK

Some people cower
and wince and shrink,
owing to fear of<...
PIET HEIN Living is
a thing you do
now or never -
which do you?
PIET HEIN Shepherds use religion to fight wars, sheep fight over religion.
PIET HEIN WOKKE My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my ...
EMMITT SMITH In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up i...
ZADIE SMITH I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.
WILL SMITH I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.
WILL SMITH When you create art, the world has to wait.
WILL SMITH I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
WILL SMITH In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
WILL SMITH You can cry, ain't no shame in it.
WILL SMITH I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly abo...
WILL SMITH I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and ...
WILL SMITH I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like ...
WILL SMITH We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell,...
WILL SMITH Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.
WILL SMITH I want the world to be better because I was here.
WILL SMITH So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.
WILL SMITH Life is lived on the edge.
WILL SMITH If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who d...
WILL SMITH The first step is you have to say that you can.
WILL SMITH A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
ALEXANDER SMITH Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organ...
ZADIE SMITH Don't confuse honours with achievement.
ZADIE SMITH If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did,...
ZADIE SMITH Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
ZADIE SMITH I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fonde...
ZADIE SMITH There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really pecu...
ZADIE SMITH When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everythin...
ZADIE SMITH If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautio...
ZADIE SMITH I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simpl...
ZADIE SMITH I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups m...
ZADIE SMITH Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found ...
ZADIE SMITH I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of bein...
ZADIE SMITH Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong s...
ZADIE SMITH Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it....
ZADIE SMITH You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equa...
ZADIE SMITH The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist...
ZADIE SMITH It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ...
ZADIE SMITH The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
ZADIE SMITH Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
YEARDLEY SMITH A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.
YEARDLEY SMITH Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
YEARDLEY SMITH Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sport...
YEARDLEY SMITH You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
YEARDLEY SMITH My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband...
TASHA SMITH I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist help...
TASHA SMITH I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who w...
TASHA SMITH We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being h...
TASHA SMITH Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't wan...
TASHA SMITH I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a...
TASHA SMITH Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work ...
TASHA SMITH When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within t...
TASHA SMITH I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great opti...
TASHA SMITH There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of ...
TASHA SMITH There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I c...
TASHA SMITH Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&...
TASHA SMITH I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
TASHA SMITH I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... wor...
TASHA SMITH When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check whe...
TASHA SMITH I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go...
TASHA SMITH No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got t...
TASHA SMITH Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be ev...
TASHA SMITH Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, ma...
TASHA SMITH Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new ...
TASHA SMITH There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afrai...
TASHA SMITH I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love an...
TASHA SMITH My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, wr...
TASHA SMITH I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they...
TASHA SMITH Well, I asked him who would start the war first.
SAMANTHA SMITH And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
SAMANTHA SMITH If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.
SAMANTHA SMITH He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
SAMANTHA SMITH Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
SAMANTHA SMITH Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
SAMANTHA SMITH God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.
SAMANTHA SMITH The idea of having a house, a kid, a husband, and a dog... I love that. I also really want to open a...
SAM SMITH I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
SAM SMITH Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it my...
SAM SMITH I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys&...
SAM SMITH Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.
SAM SMITH I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a ...
SAM SMITH I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
SAM SMITH It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
SAM SMITH As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
SAM SMITH I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, an...
SAM SMITH I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained ...
SAM SMITH If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of do...
SAM SMITH 'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&...
SAM SMITH I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
SAM SMITH Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni...
SAM SMITH It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
SAM SMITH When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life...
SAM SMITH I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to...
SAM SMITH I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T...
SAM SMITH When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so ...
SAM SMITH My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and t...
SAM SMITH I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
SAM SMITH My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'...
SAM SMITH Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
LIZ SMITH My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
MARGARET SMITH There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doin...
WILL SMITH The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in ...
WALTER SMITH There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
WALTER SMITH From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football ...
WALTER SMITH Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
WALTER SMITH I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attent...
WALTER SMITH If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and mana...
WALTER SMITH Whether people like it or not, you have to say the Old Firm are a major part of Scottish football. I...
WALTER SMITH Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
WALTER SMITH Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be ...
JACLYN SMITH I have had to learn about saying no.
JACLYN SMITH I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
JACLYN SMITH I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
JACLYN SMITH I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a p...
JACLYN SMITH My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.
JACLYN SMITH I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog...
JACLYN SMITH Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
JACLYN SMITH Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still...
JACLYN SMITH Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.
JACLYN SMITH I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my...
JACLYN SMITH I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
JACLYN SMITH You must understand the texture of your hair before you choose a style.
JACLYN SMITH Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help ke...
JACLYN SMITH I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or...
JACLYN SMITH When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so...
JACLYN SMITH I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin.
JACLYN SMITH Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it th...
JACLYN SMITH It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer.
JACLYN SMITH I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just ...
JACLYN SMITH You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
JACLYN SMITH I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I...
JACLYN SMITH Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, ...
JACLYN SMITH It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us....
JACLYN SMITH After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
JACLYN SMITH I always try to be reasonable and effective.
IAN SMITH Every human being makes mistakes.
IAN SMITH Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
IAN SMITH Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
IAN SMITH You can't change the world; you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You ca...
PATTI SMITH I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I'm a physicist. I look at everything in my life as try...
WILL SMITH The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran...
WILBUR SMITH And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping...
WILL SMITH I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane o...
WILL SMITH My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
OZZIE SMITH I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.
OZZIE SMITH I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean...
OZZIE SMITH