Arthur M. Wellington quotes

“To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.”
-- Arthur M. Wellington

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“Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper.”
-- Arthur M. Wellington

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“When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for flying over intermediate obstructions.”
-- Arthur M. Wellington

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“An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two”
-- Arthur M. Wellington

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“Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.”

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“My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone”

“Fashion isn't me, even though I work in it. It's just materialistic stuff.”

“To take part in the African revolution, it is not enough to write a revolutionary song. You must fashion the revolution with the people. And if you fashion it with the people, the songs will come by themselves.”

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”

“As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.”

“Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming ? In some respects historical research is analogous with that of science. The bringing to light of factual material and the development of ideas is to a large extent cumulative. But when artists themselves were, from about 1910, beginning to tear down the bastions protecting Art in its ivory tower, questioning the idea of Art with a capital 'A', photography was inevitably to assume a new stature both in the eyes of artists and the public, too.”

“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

“Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.”