Avenues to Success Notes

Avenues to Success for 03/15/10

The vision must be followed by the venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
     - Vance Havner, 1901-1986, American preacher, teacher and author

Image source: VanceHavner.com

Avenues to Success for 02/27/10

Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction.

      - Francis Picabia, 1879-1953, painter and poet

Sotileza [Subtlety]
Francis Picabia, about 1928

Image source: National Galleries of Scotland

In his biography at Picabia.com we learn:

In response to his grandfather's prediction that color photography will eventually replace painting, Picabia retorts, “You can photograph a landscape, but not the forms I have in my head.” -- a fundamental theme which unifies Picabia's aesthetic convictions, among the most heterodox of this century.

Click here to see two of his pieces at the Guggenheim Collection, Very Rare Picture Upon the Earth,  1915 and The Child Carburetor,  1919

Here is the beginning of the review of the book

I Am a Beautiful Monster
Poetry, Prose, and Provocation
Francis Picabia
Translated by Marc Lowenthal

Who is with me is against me.—Francis Picabia

Poet, painter, self-described funny guy, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-artist par excellence, Francis Picabia was a defining figure in the Dada movement; indeed, Andre Breton called Picabia one of the only "true" Dadas. Yet very little of Picabia's poetry and prose has been translated into English, and his literary experiments have never been the subject of close critical study. I Am a Beautiful Monster is the first definitive edition in English of Picabia's writings, gathering a sizable array of Picabia's poetry and prose and, most importantly, providing a critical context for it with an extensive introduction and detailed notes by the translator.
                       (Continue reading the review at MIT Press.)

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Avenues to Success for 02/18/10

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

     - Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French general and statesman

Image source: Bonjour La France

Avenues to Success for 02/17/10

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.

      - Ralph Bunche, 1903-1971, American diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Image source: America.gov

Avenues to Success for 02/13/10

There is no limit to what you can accomplish

if you don't care who gets the credit.

     - Unknown

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Avenues to Success for 02/01/10

If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.

     - Ken Blanchard, Born 1939, American author and management expert

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Avenues to Success for 01/27/10

The CEO who lies and cheats, however, should remember this: the liar's punishment is not that he is not believed, but that he can believe no one else. That's the true consequence of amoral leadership.

    - Dr. Steven Berglas, Ph.D., American executive coach and management consultant

Biography at Berglas.com

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Avenues to Success for 01/25/10

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

    - Japanese Proverb

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Avenues to Success for 01/12/10

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us and approximate to the character we most admire.

     - Christian Nevell Bovee, 1820-1904, American author, lawyer

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Avenues to Success for 01/07/10

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.

     - Andy Andrews, Born 1959, American speaker and novelist