if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain

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if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain

  1. Alternative form of if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
    • 2017 November 30, Isabel Wilkinson, “Marco Zanini Captures His Italian Trip — in Polaroids”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 02, 2017, Fashion & Beauty‎[2]:
      But for a recent work trip from his home base of Milan to the small town of Corridonia in the country’s Marche region, Zanini did something out of the ordinary: He brought along a Polaroid camera, and captured what he saw over three days of meetings, fittings and factory visits exclusively with T. (He even took a break for some chocolate.)
      “To extensively travel between workshops and factories is my way of doing my job: As a designer I always seek direct contact and one-to-one exchange of ideas with artisans, pattern-makers and seamstresses,” he says. “In my opinion, fashion is about teamwork, and I believe that the designer shouldn’t live aloof in his or her ivory tower... I always prefer to be on the front line!” []
      Ancona, 11:30 a.m., Nov. 8: “More travel. It’s an ‘If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain’ kind of thing ...”