Repetition Ability Remains

Famous quotes containing the words repetition, ability and/or remains:

“Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.”
—A. Alvarez (b. 1929)

“Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–120)