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“The potato seems like a Romantic (organic) object.. ..you can watch it growing if you don’t eat it. It is going to change – grow, rot, disappear. A pebble is like a Classical thing – it changes little if any.. .If it was big you could keep the dead down with it.. ..The Classical idea is not around much anymore. [Der Koning is comparing the Potatoes of Vincent Van Gogh to the Pebbles of Jean Arp.”
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Artist Club, 22 February 1952, as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 102
“We now know too much about matter to be materialists. The very essence of the physical order of things is that it creates nothing new. Change is never more than a redistribution of that which never changes. But sensibility belongs to the world of consciousness, not to the world of matter.”
Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) said by 1930 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not a politician, even though I play-act one when the boss tells me to—I’m allowed to change my mind when my understanding of the facts changes.”
Charles Stross (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a reciprocal action between the work of art and the viewer. The river changes the work of art and criticism can also change the artist.. .There are so many ideas afloat; any of them could have triggered the work of art. It is impossible to determine exactly if the idea has been transmitted by the critic, or if the work itself has determined its outcome..”
Anselm Kiefer (born 1945) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1986) n.p.
“Changes in the structure of society are not brought about solely by massive engines of doctrine. The first flash of insight which persuades human beings to change their basic assumptions is usually contained in a few phrases.”
Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Change starts local. Even global changes start small — with people like us. In our generation, the struggle of whether we connect more, whether we achieve our biggest opportunities, comes down to this — your ability to build communities and create a world where every single person has a sense of purpose.”
Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every part of the system is so related to every other part that a change in a particular part causes a changes in all other parts and in the total system”
Arthur D. Hall (1924–2006) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in: Harold Chestnut (1967) Systems Engineering Methods. p. 121
“An irresistible cycle seemed to operate, repeating patterns of the ancient world where civil strife and war brought disaster... I surmised that patterned and predictable changes were in turn rooted in the very nature of civilization—the ineluctable breaker of custom and eroder of moral codes, and itself a product and expression of rapid technological and social change.”
William H. McNeill (1917–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Change comes, even in the face of overwhelming odds. And the recognition of the changes we have already made, of what we have won, inspires us to fight even harder.”
Bernie Sanders (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tradition takes time to change. But it changes, all right. All that I have to do is to keep trying.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If both Mars and Earth are experiencing global warming, then maybe there is a larger phenomenon going on in the Solar System that is causing their global climates to change, like changes in the Sun.”
Anthony Watts (born 1958) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Global Warming on Mars?, wattsupwiththat.com, December 20, 2006.
“The geometry of space changes when things in the universe change their relationships to one another.”
Lee Smolin (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world today is experiencing a profound and rapid socio-cultural transformation. But the changes do not occur at a uniform pace, and the discrepancies in the change process have differentiated the various countries and regions of our planet.”
Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is not going to change its commitment to the truth. We can only hope religion changes its commitment to nonsense.”
Victor J. Stenger (1935–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It will cause a great many changes.” “Yes, but one cannot prevent change simply by wishing it not to happen.”
Sarah Monette (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is a report of an actual industrial experiment designed to determine why workers resisted job changes and what could be done about the problem. The research arose out of the need to change industrial operations to meet competitive conditions and was instituted after earlier incentives and propaganda procedures had proved ineffectual.”
John R. P. French (1913–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The causes of continuity are a priori within the scope of the observer, but the causes of change in time are not. It is better not to attempt giving an exact account at this point, but to restrict discussion to the shifting of relationships in general. Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law.”
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) said by 1913 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changes in man's society always come from the bottom, not the top, because the top does not want to change; it always wants to be on top. But if they try to seal the pot to preserve the status quo, they cannot, and the pot will explode because of the fire.”
David Berg (1919–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[I]f we suppose, that to-morrow I will be changed to you, and you into I, there is no change at all, because then the you is the I, and the I the you; and the same applies if the I changes into a table, because then the table itself becomes the I.”
Lewis Gompertz (1783–1861) said by 1861 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What someone says or writes about me doesn't change the way I am; it only changes my opinion about that person.”
Marcos Pontes (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unless we change ourselves as individuals and our culture—the way we relate to the earth—we can’t expect to make the overall changes in society that our necessary.”
John Bellamy Foster (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She hated politics and she had no patience for the ultra-serious, wide-eyed dreamers who wanted to change your world whether you wanted to live with those changes or not.”
Lawrence M. Schoen (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today we are endeavoring to save the system we call Capitalism, by attempting to curb selfish individualism, and the avaricious profit motive. [...] That there will be anything left of the so-called Capitalistic system, when the ultimate changes take place, is very doubtful, that there will be great change is certain.”
Floyd B. Olson (1891–1936) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Junior Association of Commerce (22 January 1934)
“Many researchers say they have been shaken by their own findings about changes in conscious functioning because of the implications for widespread social change. There are hard facts to face, not just soft speculation.”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A wind of change is blowing through the Caribbean bringing with it a new regional balance of forces as a result of the changes towards progress by the peoples of Nicaragua, Grenada, St. Lucia and Dominica - a situation that has led the U.S. Secretary of State to define the Eastern Caribbean me one of the world's "trouble spots.”
Maurice Bishop (1944–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the last analysis, all revolutions must be social revolutions, based upon fundamental changes in society; otherwise it is not a revolution, but merely a change of government.”
Soong Ching-ling (1893–1981) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hahn, Emily. The Soong Sisters: Generic, 1941
“There will be changes. Coups. Soldiers everywhere. Ugliness. Blindness. And then when people least expect it a great transformation is going to take place in the world. Suffering people will know justice and beauty. A wonderful change is coming from far away and people will realise the great meaning of struggle and hope. There will be peace.”
Ben Okri (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People who want an administration change have the same thoughts as I do. My understanding is that they want radical changes in their lives.”
Yoon Suk-yeol (born 1960) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: South Korea Elects Yoon Suk-yeol as President, Bringing Back a Tougher Line on North Korea" in The Wall Street Journal (9 March 2022)
“Antis, looking up from his fire-making to watch the flying fish, remarked, “That’s an omen of change.” “What is?” “When a flying fish circles withershins.” “Oh, silly! You see omens in everything, and changes are always occurring.”
L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We also need an integrated and innovative approach to respond simultaneously to a whole range of inter-related challenges, such as health, demographic changes, migration, scarce resources, climate change and biodiversity loss, extreme poverty and hunger.”
Klaus Iohannis (born 1959) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: National intervention of the President of Romania, Mr. Klaus Iohannis, at the high-level segment of the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation" (2021)
“When you’re directing something, you have to look at the bigger picture and what the goal is, what the story is that you’re trying to tell, and the emotion that you want to convey. When you change the lens that you’re looking from, it changes the type of performance or the take you might choose. I think I’m more forgiving now because I understand that a little bit better.”
Nina Dobrev (born 1989) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nina Dobrev on Writing and Directing the Short Film ‘The One’ and Being Shocked to Learn About the Concept of Designer Babies" (30 October 2021)
“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. (1958)”
Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even if you can't see the changes that you want to see immediately, you just keep on doing the work and eventually they will radically change in a way that's totally unanticipated but at the same time is what you're working for.”
Loretta Ross (born 1953) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Most rewarding aspect of her activism (28 September 2021)
“It’s incumbent for assessments /about climate change/ to be as widely read as possible so that we understand this, so that members of the public can hold policymakers’ feet to the coals about making changes. There’s no good if we find out in 50 years’ time, they were being briefed on this. The stakes are too high for that.”
Calder Walton (born 2000) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2021
“Once you change your mind set about something, for example, about your ability to take on a new challenge or move to another country, it changes the way you look at it”
Sola David-Borha (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the real time to have changes, we believe on the Election Day many people will vote for us, I am first vice-president in Olympic comity and I worked in various entities as a leader, which confirms I will achieve a lot once voted. Basing on Rwandan’s trust, many things will change.”
Felicite Rwemarika (born 1958) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is the real time to have changes” FERWAFA candidate says Rwanda Inspirer (December 22, 2017)
“I had got up in the morning and, by the time I was ready for bed it was a different planet—the world doesn’t change in front of your eyes; it changes behind your back.”
Terry Hayes (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abe, you got the speech. ... Abe, you haven't changed the speech have you? ... Oh, Abe. What did you ya change the speech for? ... A couple of minor changes? ... I'll bet. All right, what are they? ... You what? You typed it! Abe, how many times have we told you — on the backs of envelopes. ... I understand it’s harder to read that way, but it looks like you wrote it on the train coming down.”
Bob Newhart (1929–2024) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As reproduced in I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny, Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press (2006), p. 56–57
“(about writing short stories) It leaves so much room for the reader to come in and take an active role. A great collection of short stories is like walking through a brilliant exhibit. It changes you, but you have to be open to the change.”
Cherie Dimaline (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We could conceivably slow this destruction down, but it would require huge overarching changes in the structure of our society—the kind of change we will never achieve so long as we remain distracted by imaginary acts of God.”
Katie Coyle (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They are however able to take actions by either creating their own spaces to make changes or becoming authors of their own change.”
Olanike Olugboji-Daramola (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We talk about generational changes, attitudes to work and the concept of a ‘worklife balance’. It isn’t just women who want change, and it isn’t always about parenthood, she suggests. “Men in their 30s and 40s have a very different attitude to work than their fathers. It’s much more about not letting one thing dominate [your life].”
Carolyn McCall (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Time changes, things change and there is nothing one can do about it.”
Victor Uwaifor (1941–2021) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I almost died of electrocution on stage in 1969 – Sir Victor Uwaifo 4 April 2021, PUNCH (Nigeria).
“I believe becoming a mother inevitably changes your approach because your priorities change … work becomes an outlet … but I don’t accept commitments that take too much time away from them [my children].”
Carolina Di Domenico (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That dynamism and conversation is rapidly coming together to create a crucible, a catalyst for change, that mirrors our economic and political changes.”
Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I develop models for infectious diseases. I work on malaria for example, using equations to describe population, disease transmission, with parameters representing the various rates if changes and use the equations to predict outcomes when population or rates change in the model.”
Josephine Wairimu Kagunda wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We drive transformative and sustainable change by supporting research that changes lives, informs policy, and empowers communities. Africa must see itself not merely as a consumer of knowledge, but as a producer of solutions.”
Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are still changes that need to be made to help women’s soccer in Ghana. And I hope one day I can help to make that change, help push it to be more professional, you know, it’s difficult to be seen (by scouts and agents) which makes it hard for them (women’s players) to get out.”
Jennifer Cudjoe (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For a tennis player, technical changes are often traumatic, because it's not easy to change shots that you already consider good. We players are usually quite stubborn...”
Jasmine Paolini (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“price volatility creates opportunity only when prices change more than necessary to reflect changes in underlying fundamentals.”
David Swensen (1954–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source