Read quote“About an hour this side of Albany is the center of the World – I own it.”
About Place
The meanings, attachments, and identities associated with physical locations and environments.
The collection
Words on Place
Read quote“Это был наш континент, на котором мы жили, и все, что было на нашем континенте, было нашим достоянием.”
Read quote“إن في هذه التربة دفئاً خاصاً، وفيها حرارة ضوء تعطيها إشعاعاً وسحنة سمراء محروقة، من خلالها يمكن أن تبصر بعض سمات حضارتنا القديمة، وبالأخص الحضارة السومرية فهي الأقرب إلى طبيعة تكوين هذه التربة.”
Read quote“Nel quale, senza esagerazione, credo vi fusssero 500 navi grosse, quali V.S. avrà visto in Genova.”
Read quote“ولدت تأثيريًا ولكن تأثيريًا مصريًا تحس بشمس الوادي في رسومي.”
Read quote“I want the impact of the landscape on the soul.”
Read quote“The kingdom of God is at your fingertips. It's right here, where you are.”
Read quote“Then Mayberry became a living town.”
Read quote“shikva-e-ābla abhī se 'mīr' / hai piyāre hanūz dillī duur”
Read quote“However well I readjust myself to life in America, my youth, the best part of it, lies ever in the Orient.”
Read quote“The most important thing is your environment: let it speak to you.”
Read quote“I will serve Batangas again with all my heart.”
Read quote“There’s no such a thing as Australian art because there’s probably no such a thing as Australia.”
Read quote“Décoloniser la philosophie, c'est cesser de croire qu'il existe des lieux où la philosophie éclot.”
Read quote“The pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem.”
Read quote“I believe the next Google can be developed in the Caribbean.”
Read quote“This is where we lived in, down Second Avenue — that’s the title of my autobiography, Down Second Avenue.”
Read quote“Indy makes the race driver.”
Read quote“I carve as a Jamaican for Jamaica, trying to understand our problems and living near to the heart of our people.”
Read quote“One could not but respond to the idea that here was a new world, flawless and unblemished, into which no human being had ever pried.”
