Artifact Quotes

30 quotes by 28 authors

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is… — William S. Burroughs
Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization. — Aldo Leopold
Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of violent… — Diane Ackerman
And I think this is the real epiphany: the ways in which culture is distributed become profoundly more intriguing as a cultural artifact itself. What… — Kenneth Goldsmith
The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of the printed text… — Douglas Groothuis
Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization. Wilderness was never a homogenous raw material. It was very… — Aldo Leopold
Grace, not willpower, is what ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. Creativity, both in what spawns within the artist and the artifact, can be… — Ronald Rolheiser
In Tetrad form, the artifact is seen to be not neutral or passive, bur an active logos or utterance of the human mind or body… — Marshall McLuhan
The dialectical or ecological approach asserts that creating the world is involved in our every act. It is impossible for us to operate in our… — Wes Jackson
SF is an opportunity to have an intense relationship with your own imagination. It's a kind of drive-by poetry, trashy and addictive; it's fun. After… — M. John Harrison
I know this is a major cultural artifact but it's bad for the community. — Dante Alighieri
Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil and… — Sheri S. Tepper
Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art… — Ananda Coomaraswamy
I expect to see the coming decades transform the planet into an art form; the new man, linked in a cosmic harmony that transcends time… — Marshall McLuhan
I think continuity is the devil. I think it's constricting and restrictive, I think it's alienating and off-putting, and it inflicts an artifact of linear… — Matt Fraction
Love is the invention of a few high cultures ... it is cultural artifact. To make love the requirement of a lifelong marriage is exceedingly… — Margaret Mead
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic… — Maria Popova
The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very… — Ursula K. Le Guin
If you make something, it's an artifact. It's something that somebody or some corporate entity has caused to come into being. A great many human… — William Gibson
To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability,… — Jon Landau

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