Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Eight, A New Constitution, p. 189
Interview with Four Corners, ABC TV, 19 February 1996.
“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.”
Les artistes qui cherchent la perfection en tout sont ceux qui ne peuvent l'atteindre en aucune partie.
Quote, 4 March 1858, from Journal de Eugène Delacroix, book 3
1831 - 1863, Delacroix' 'Journal' (1847 – 1863)
“Consciously risk the loss of something before losing it, and you will lose the fear of losing it.”
1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle
“Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.”
The Religion of the Machine Age (1983)
Eric Chu (2015) cited in " Baseball inspires hope for last-minute victories: Chu http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/10/28/2003631117" on Taipei Times, 28 October 2015.
1961, Address at the University of Washington
Context: No one should be under the illusion that negotiations for the sake of negotiations always advance the cause of peace. If for lack of preparation they break up in bitterness, the prospects of peace have been endangered. If they are made a forum for propaganda or a cover for aggression, the processes of peace have been abused. But it is a test of our national maturity to accept the fact that negotiations are not a contest spelling victory or defeat. They may succeed — they may fail. They are likely to be successful only if both sides reach an agreement which both regard as preferable to the status quo — an agreement in which each side can consider its own situation to be improved. And this is most difficult to obtain. But, while we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom. Our answer to the classic question of Patrick Henry is still no-life is not so dear, and peace is not so precious, "as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery." And that is our answer even though, for the first time since the ancient battles between Greek city-states, war entails the threat of total annihilation, of everything we know, of society itself. For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace — but we will never surrender.
As quoted in the liner notes from Songs for Rainy Day Lovers (1967)
“Everything is sweetened by risk.”
"The Fear of Dying".
City Poems (1857)
