Materials Quotes

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The American Dream that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of… — James Truslow Adams
That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things,… — Frederick Jackson Turner
Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in… — John Milton
I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of… — Vikram Seth
Our Nation, a great stage for the acting out of great thoughts, presents the classic confrontation between Locke's views of the state of nature and… — Allan Bloom
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
We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil… — Hassanal Bolkiah
I can see clothes of silk, if materials that do not hide the body, nor even one's decency, can be called clothes. ... Wretched flocks… — Seneca the Younger
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
Being creative is not so much the desire Â to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of… — Anni Albers
Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
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

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