I put my whole life into a single photograph.
— Fan Ho
Michael Heizer | Munich Depression | 1969
There is no beginning. There is no edge. It was evanescent.
— Michael Heizer
I think one of the faults of young people today is that they try to come together around events that are noisy, almost aggressive at times. This desire to be together in order to not feel alone is an unfortunate symptom, in my opinion. Every person needs to learn from childhood how to spend time with oneself. That doesn't mean he should be lonely, but that he shouldn't grow bored with himself because people who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger, from a self-esteem point of view.
— Andrei Tarkovsky
Es wird einfach behauptet. Irgendwas. [...] Es ist ein ganz mieses Durchschnittsniveau.
— Klaus Kinski
Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.
— Surya Das
Essen, Handelshof, 1978
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna, dir. by Chantal Akerman in 1978
My enthusiasm for this film began with the realization that I was so emotionally involved with it because of Akerman's formal control.
... and if they want to leave, hold the door open for them.
One Day Pina Asked ..., dir. by Chantal Akerman in 1983
Astonishing! With "One Day Pina Asked ..." achieved new levels of sensuality and emotional directness. Using lengthy takes and exacting compositions (two of her stylistic signatures), she encourages us to reflect on how the dancers' bodies give form to Bausch's ideas.
— Ben Sachs
You don't meet the people you love, you recognize them.
— Anna Gavalda
Essen, Hotel Handelshof, 1978
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna, dir. by Chantal Akerman in 1978
Physically, we inhabit a space, but, sentimentally, we are inhabited by a memory. Memory of a space and a time, memory inside of which we live, like an island between two seas: One which we call the past, another which we call future.
— José Saramago
Maria Nordman | Insel Werden 1984 – heute | 1984
Neuenthüllung, 21.06.2016, 12:00 Uhr, Brehminsel, Essen-Werden
Licht, Luft, Erde und Wasser, kurz die Naturelemente, sind für Maria Nordman nicht nur Ausgangspunkt ihrer Arbeiten, sondern integraler Bestandteil. Sie kreiert Orte der Zusammenkunft und der Teilhabe. Das soziologische Umfeld denkt sie bei ihren ortspezifischen Arbeiten stets mit.
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A poet is someone who uses a single image to express a universal message.
— Andrei Tarkovsky
Essen, Hauptbahnhof, 1978
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna, dir. by Chantal Akerman in 1978
Anthropological spaces of transience that do not hold enough significance to be regarded as "places”. [...] The community of human destinies is experienced in the anonymity of non-place and in solitude.
— Marc Augé
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Meine Stücke wachsen nicht von vorne nach hinten, sondern von innen nach außen.
— Pina Bausch
What is not there is more important than what is there.
— Ad Reinhardt
We have to remember that what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
— Werner Heisenberg
I love you inside and out.
We need less Gehrys, less Hadids, less bloated egotecture. We need more shit, more beautiful shit for the rest of us.
Sometimes the greatest adventure is simply a conversation.
— Amadeus Wolfe
From Essen; with love ...
Tatsache ist: Was immer die Welt Dir Deines Erachtens vorenthält, enthältst Du der Welt vor.
― Eckhart Tolle
The place you are looking for, is the place from which you are looking.
― Mooji
BRAUN; Studio 1000
You who read me, are you sure of understanding my language?
— Jorge Luis Borges
Legowelt vs. Orgue Electronique, Derrick in Nord Korea, 2000
The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence.
— Isamu Noguchi
Wenn ich keine Idee habe, haben vielleicht andere Ideen. Und sonst frage ich Helge Schneider.
— Alexander Kluge
Die Fähigkeit alleine zu sein, entspricht der Fähigkeit zu lieben. Es mag paradox erscheinen, doch das ist es nicht. Es ist eine grundlegende Wahrheit. Nur jene, die alleine sein können, können lieben, können teilen, können zum tiefsten Kern einer Person durchdringen, ohne sie zu besitzen, ohne abhängig von ihr oder süchtig nach ihr zu werden. Sie erlauben anderen die volle Freiheit, denn sie wissen, wenn sie verlassen werden, sind sie genauso glücklich wie vorher. Ihre Freude kann nicht genommen werden, da sie nicht von anderen stammt.
— Osho
Don't trust her / past where you'd trust yourself, and don't adjust her / words to mean more to you than she'd intend.
― Marilyn Hacker
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
— Tadao Ando
Invisible threads are the strongest ties.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
/// One day someone will walk into your life and make you see,
why it never worked out with anyone else.
You misinterpret everything, even the silence.
— Franz Kafka
From Bonn; with love ...
The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.
— Eckhart Tolle
From Hombroich; with love ...
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
— Lin Yutang
Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.
— Franz Kafka
When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
— Ajahn Chah
People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.
— Neil Gaiman
/// Of all beautiful things in life, you are the loveliest.
Filip Dujardin
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I didn't seek; I was the search.
— Hélène Cixous
Jason Statham | Alan Ford
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, dir. by Guy Ritchie in 1998
Weil Du noch schlimmer bist als ein Verräter. Du brauchst nicht mal einen Grund, denn Du glaubst an gar nichts.
— Jack Bauer
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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
― Henrik Ibsen