Function Quotes

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Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Observing sea, sky and stars, I sought to indicate their plastic function through a multiplicity of crossing verticals and horizontals. Impressed by the vastness of… — Piet Mondrian
The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks any aggressive force,… — Sol LeWitt
My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do… — Ted Koppel
Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls. — Ursula K. Le Guin
It win be a device that will permit communication without any time interval between two points in space. The device will not transmit messages, of… — Ursula K. Le Guin
No other art-mediumâ€“neither painting nor poetryâ€“can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can. When the lights go down in… — Ingmar Bergman
India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports. — Abdul Kalam
The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to… — Ronald Speirs
Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation. — Emile M. Cioran
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities,… — Stephen Covey
The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts — Albert C. Barnes
Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can comprehend all the… — Derrick Rose
The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim… — Andrei Tarkovsky
More than a career, I feel that I've got a function. I see things in a much more holistic way. Some people bake the bread,… — Jackson Browne
The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its… — Grover Cleveland
One cannot guess how a word functions. One has to look at its use and learn from that. But the difficulty is to remove the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. — Margaret J. Wheatley
The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes, in a subtle way, the total… — Carl Jung
I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise. — Vangelis

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