No word meaning "art" occurs in Aivilik, nor does "artist": there are only people. Nor is any distinction made between utilitarian and decorative objects. The Aivilik say simply, "A man should do all things properly." — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
If you address yourself to an audience, you accept at the outset the basic premises that unite the audience. You put on the audience, repeating cliches familiar to it. But artists don't address themselves to audiences; they create audiences. The… — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
No word meaning "art" occurs in Aivilik, nor does "artist": there are only people. Nor is any distinction made between utilitarian and decorative objects.… — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
History is full of delightful reversals, where the opposite of what one predicts comes true. — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
If you address yourself to an audience, you accept at the outset the basic premises that unite the audience. You put on the audience,… — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
“If somebody doesn't like you, there's nothing you can do to make that person like you.” — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
“All people imitate their creations. Today's fashions imitate our principal creations, which are electronic. Women imitate light bulbs or TV sets; their clothes glow,… — Edmund Snow Carpenter Copy Share Image
