
“Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings.”
Leo Tolstoy
more infosource: January 6, 1854 entry, in Tolstoy’s Diaries Volume 1, 1847–1894, trans. by R. F. Christian (London: Faber and Faber, 2010), 83.
category: appearance, clothing, composure, self-confidence
medium: Journal
“I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldn’t have done anywhere near such a good job.”
Buckminster Fuller
more infosource: “World Man,” Kenneth Stone Kassler Memorial Lecture, Princeton University School of Architecture, October 5, 1966.
category: architecture, arrogance, design, self-confidence
medium: Lecture


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