“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
— Warren Buffett
Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony, and music inside me.
— Vincent van Gogh
Ai Weiwei, Fountain of Light, 2007, steel, wood and glass crystals, [no dimensions], Lisson Gallery, London. Source
Fountain of Light was originally designed to float on the Albert Dock in Liverpool - click here for pictures! Its unusual form is based on Vladimir Tatlin’s plans for the Monument to the Third International, though the original construction was never actually built.
