(Self-portrait, 1932)
All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
Grant Wood
Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an
American painter born four miles (6 km) east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is
best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest,
particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th
century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Wood
(Mount Hermon Lodge 363, IA)
Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them
that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night
was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For
that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness,
through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will
remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may
wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. Man, not
men.
Equality 7-2521 (as Prometheus), Ayn Rand, "Anthem" pgs 103-104”
(Art by Jorge Molina)
Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an
electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created by the
muscular effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a seed of wheat
without the knowledge left to you by men who had to discover it for the
first time. Try to obtain your food by means of nothing but physical
motions--and you'll learn that man's mind is the root of all the goods
produced and of all the wealth that has ever existed on earth.
Francisco D'Anconia, "Atlas Shrugged," Ayn Rand
(Art by Francis Manapul; Colors by deffectx)
Years of experience have taught me that there are three highly
important factors entering into the success of any large manufacturing
organization, and these factors are machinery, methods, and men. And the
last is, perhaps, the most important of all.
Charles Williams Nash (January 28, 1864 — June 6, 1948)
Charles Williams Nash was a United States automobile entrepreneur and served as an executive in the automotive industry.
