Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
Statement in the 1920s as quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymari
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”
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American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inv… 1895–1983Related quotes
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Genius
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Context: A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master.
"People say you are a genius. Are you?" he asked.
"You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly.
"And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?"
"The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being."
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer