Famous quotes containing the words outdoor, ups and/or system:
“Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils to practice on. I thought that they might as well hang at once all who need to go through such exercises in so new a country, where there is nothing to hinder their living an outdoor life. Better omit Blair, and take the air.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“I reckon a body that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place, is taking considerable many resks; though I aint had no experience, and cant say for certain.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“The twentieth-century artist who uses symbols is alienated because the system of symbols is a private one. After you have dealt with the symbols you are still private, you are still lonely, because you are not sure anyone will understand it except yourself. The ransom of privacy is that you are alone.”
—Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)