Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes calvinistic purpose train
Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. Anselm Kiefer artholdillusion Change image and share on social
If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing. Anselm Kiefer depresshistorylife Change image and share on social
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. Anselm Kiefer beginconstructdebris Change image and share on social
Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't - he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff like that. Dandyism is much more austere - much more Calvinistic, more neurotic - it oscillates between narcissism and neurosis. Sebastian Horsley aestheteausterecalvinistic share on social
The original entrepreneur may initiate the initial purpose, but, in a sense, like a parent that has children, the children have their own destiny, and at some point, that can veer off away from the wishes the parent might have for it. John Mackey childdestinyentrepreneur share on social
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells comecommonconcern share on social