Origami Quotes

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Origami Quotes

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How about some of the greatest quotes of origami -
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"When you fold a piece of paper, your essentially changing the memory of that piece"- Eric Demaine
"I do NOT want to make complex Origami, but the shape I want to make is complex, so the model become complex."- Satoshi Kamiya?
"Origami is a metamorphic art form, you got that piece of paper, you dont add to it you dont take away from it , you CHANGE it"- Micheal Lafosse
"Origami is very difficult", "When people ask how long it takes me to make a sculpture I say '35 years', because that is how long it's taken me to get to this level."- Eric Joisel
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All those quotes are from 'between the folds' aren't they?
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I was going to start an origami business but was afraid it would fold.
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No design is sacred - Robert Lang (Origami Design Secrets)
We are surrounded by emptiness. But it is an emptiness filled with signs. - Anton Lefebvre (Everyday life in the modern world)
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cowburger13 wrote:All those quotes are from 'between the folds' aren't they?
Nope
Kamiyas is from kamiya's facebook
Joisel's is from his website
but ya the others are from between the folds
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Actually, Joisel says that quote also in between the folds. I never new Kamiya had a facebook XD
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One more!
"Its just mountains and valleys.... How hard could it be?"
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Exactly! It is not hard at all! Just requires a lot of patience!
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'I wished to fold the laws of nature, the dignity of life, and the expression of affection into my work.' -Akira Yoshizawa
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Brilliant words from the true master!
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chesscuber98 wrote:One more!
"Its just mountains and valleys.... How hard could it be?"
...And I thought I came up with that myself #-o ...who said that??
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I think its Robert Lang
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'I encourage all potential origami creators not to wear blinkers! Seek your ideas everywhere.’
– David Brill in “Brilliant Origami” (1996)
Folding and unfolding, the universe is origami.
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chesscuber98 wrote:One more!
"Its just mountains and valleys.... How hard could it be?"
A quote without the author is not much of a quote.
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I did'nt want this thread to fade away so here is another quote
"Creative Origami with free expression, which i admire the most, begins by working with limitless lines and results in the production of the most beautiful figures which match a given theme." - Akira Yoshizawa
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