Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
Sans, Jerome. China Talks: Interviews with 32 Contemporary Artists. Beijing: Timezone8, 2009. P. 9.
2000-09, 2009
Source: Obsidian Butterfly
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
Sans, Jerome. China Talks: Interviews with 32 Contemporary Artists. Beijing: Timezone8, 2009. P. 9.
2000-09, 2009
“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
Source: Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) American linguist
Introduction
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) Japanese martial artist, writer, artist
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Water Book
“A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.”
Tom Stoppard (1937) British playwright
Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) American author
Introduction to The Golden Man (1980)
Context: That was my problem then and it's my problem now; I have a bad attitude. In a nutshell, I fear authority but at the same time I resent it — the authority and my own fear — so I rebel. And writing SF is a way to rebel. … SF is a rebellious art form and it needs writers and readers and bad attitudes — an attitude of "Why?" or "How come?" or "Who says?"
Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994) American neuroscientist
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
Context: What is needed to break the vicious spiral is a world-wide change in attitudes, values, and social policy. As Einstein put it, "We need a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
“What's the point? was my attitude. We're all just going to die and then NOT be let on the boat.”
Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist
Source: Abandon