Kit Williams Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles.”

“If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.”

“She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.”

“Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.”

“In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.”

“You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.”

“The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle extended out front it meant that wherever the rabbit went the chariot had to follow.”

“I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming.”

“As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot.”

“I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot.”