Material Quotes

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When we of the so-called better classes are scared as men were never scared in history at material ugliness and hardship; when we put off… — William James
How certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so, at a great… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Notwithstanding their attacks on the basic conception of rationalism, on synthetic a priori judgments, that is, material propositions that cannot be contradicted by any experience,… — Max Horkheimer
Since only what is material is perceptible, knowable, nothing is known of the existence of God. — Karl Marx
As individuals express their life, so they are. What they are, therefore, coincides with their production, both with what they produce and with how they… — Karl Marx
The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn weâ€™re spiritsâ€”not animalsâ€¦.… — Ronald Reagan
The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long… — Hart Crane
Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact â€¦ the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard. — William Carlos Williams
As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine. Since there are… — Joseph Brodsky
Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artists power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds meet… — Paul Klee
You begin with the possibilities of the material. — Robert Rauschenberg
I just continue to look for different material, great material, as good as I can find, and try to go in there and do as… — George Strait
If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came… — Clifford D. Simak
Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They determine… — Leon Krier
At least I've had to come to that in my life, to realize that this stuff called failure, this stuff, this debris of historical trauma,… — Joy Harjo
But I deal with this by meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to… — Sandra Cisneros
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise… — Paula Gunn Allen
The challenges I have facedâ€”among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single motherâ€”are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me… — Sonia Sotomayor
We must point out that in what concerns its material the event is not a miracle. What I mean is that what composes an event… — Alain Badiou
Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon… — Swami Vivekananda

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