“Isn't it human to go beyond the limits, to grow beyond oneself, to strive toward freedom! The round is free. [quote on the Circus, 1950's]”
Quote from Fernand Léger - The Later Years, catalogue ed. Nicolas Serota, published by the Trustees of the Whitechapel Art gallery, London, Prestel Verlag, 1988, p. 17
Quotes of Fernand Leger, 1950's
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Leaves of Morya’s Garden: Book Two: Illumination (1925)
“…the differences between U. S. and Japanese companies go beyond the cultural.”
Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 179.
referring to the circus ring
Quote, 1950's, from: Fernand Léger - The Later Years, catalogue ed. Nicolas Serota, published by the Trustees of the Whitechapel Art gallery, London, Prestel Verlag, 1988, p. 41
Quotes of Fernand Leger, 1950's
“To know your limits you need to go beyond them.”
Zire Notes (May 2004 - December 2006)
"Free Software as a Social Movement" on Znet (18 December 2005) https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/free-software-as-a-social-movement-by-richard-stallman/
2000s
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
“The empowered mind gravitates towards freedom and helps you break free of all limitations.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 78
“There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”
As quoted in The Art of Expressing the Human Body (1998) edited by John R. Little, p. 23
Context: There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.