Artifact Quotes

30 Artifact quotes by 28 unique 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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