Material Quotes

2445 quotes by 1836 authors

For me looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another… — Andy Goldsworthy
Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept… — Richard Lewontin
Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned. He is a state… — George Gaylord Simpson
A piece of jewelry is in a sense an object that is not complete in itself. Jewelry is a â€˜what is it?â€™ until you relate… — Art Smith
With Material for the Spine, I am interested in alloying a technical approach to the processes of improvisation. It is a system for exploring interior… — Steve Paxton
The combination of both legs leads to social harmony and material abundance. — Marshall Fritz
Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which… — Polykarp Kusch
This doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. — Herbert J. Muller
I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start… — Kate Clinton
I think the fans of the old-school Internet shorts were a little bit older just because it was racier material. — Andy Milonakis
The bulletproof vest--'bullet resistant,' technically--is made of two double panels of a synthetic material called Kevlar, inside a cloth carrier that holds it around your… — Edward Conlon
Paint is a very sensual material. It's lovely to work with and lovely to look at. — Glenn Ligon
The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo… — Ernst Engel
One can, then, conceive the production, by purely mineral means, of all natural hydrocarbons. The intervention of heat, of water, and of alkaline metals -… — Marcellin Berthelot
I think Chappelle set the bar when he came out with his show. To be as great as him or greater you have to push… — Aries Spears
All success in life, whether material or spiritual, starts with the thoughts that you put into your mind every second of every minute of every… — Rohit Sharma
I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to give great offence… — William Whipple
Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be presented in an entirely undogmatic way. — Max Dehn
Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics]… — Aristotle
Many teachers are concerned about the amount of material they must cover in a course. One cynic suggested a formula: since, he said, students on… — Paul Halmos

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