Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Pros and cons Yin and yang

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Language

French

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 2.

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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic
Racial equality Political reconciliation
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source
I Have a Dream
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Yin and yang

There is a strong shadow where there is much light.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic
Light and shadow Contrasts Yin and yang
Speaker
Gotz von Berlichingen

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Gotz von Berlichingen. 1773, act 1.

Another quote originally in French

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Gaston Bachelard

The Poetics of Space

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Topic
Houses Home

Author

Gaston Bachelard
Source
The Poetics of Space
Language
French
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space, translated by Maria Jolas. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.