Attitude

Famous quotes containing the word attitude:

“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.”
—Ivan Illich (b. 1926)

“In time even the rocks will grow. And if you have curled and dandled
Your innocence once too often, what attitude isn’t then really yours?”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.”
—Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)