Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view. — Wassily Kandinsky
There is always a pressure to separate the Bible from science and to separate the Christian religion from things material. — Walter Lang
Anything is good painting material once you get to know it. — David Milne
I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either literally or just… — Robert Rauschenberg
I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world. — Kiki Smith
We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog to defend our… — Jean Vanier
Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists. — Ai Weiwei
It would be bypassing the issue to say that the artist's business is to work with this and that material or manipulate the findings of… — Hans Haacke
Like the weaver, the writer works on the wrong side of his material. He has only to do with the language, and it is thus… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative… — David Cameron
I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time. — Jim Hodges
In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and another character. My… — Valerie Harper
There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material that are the… — Asger Jorn
To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art. — Asger Jorn
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we… — Trofim Lysenko
So while there is no evidence at all that Iran has any significant quantity of nuclear material or any nuclear weapons, Iran is a much… — Joseph Cirincione
Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate... Who does that directing? — Eric Maisel
Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past;… — Julian Simon
If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression. — John F. Carlson
Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin. — John Cudahy
Almost everything, if one keeps one's eyes open, is potential material for painting. — Graham Sutherland
For many years quantum physics had been giving indications that there are levels of reality other than the material level. — Amit Goswami
Science is a matter of adjusting language to explain material reality. Art is a matter of adjusting material reality to create a sense of life. — Walter Darby Bannard
Your muse is amused and willed to further renewal during the process of mindless grabbing of reference material or errant imaginings. — Robert Genn
A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness. — Robert Genn

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