Monday, August 29, 2016

Restraint

The art is rather 'idealistic' and 'conceptual' in the sense thatthe artist's aim is not to copy
accurately what he sees before him but to convey with the maximum of clarity what he considers to be
the 'essence' of what he is carving.

in this case the figures (of Tudhaliyas IV and his personal deity) are superposed with the god standing
alongside the king, and the scale of the two is arranged so that the god, instead of holding the
usual weapon in his left hand, clasps the right wrist of the king in a protective embrace.

O. R. Gurney, THE HITTITES


'Of all manifestations of power, restraint is respected most.'
Genral, Powell, Gulf War General Commabder of USA.

Sanırım, Batı'nın bize karşı aldığı tavır yalnızca basit bir düşmanlıktan öte
yaklaşım farklılığından da kaynaklanıyor.Biz savaşa giderken davul zurna ile gitmek
geleneğine dayanıyoruz...  Onlar sakınarak, gücünü iyi hesaplayarak...