Materials Quotes

2455 Materials quotes by 1763 unique authors

It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be… — Giorgio Vasari
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
Swing a bigger brush - you don't know what you're missing. — Charles Webster Hawthorne
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
Artists are perennially implored to consider 'the limitations of the medium.' Whoever invented this expression exaggerated the limitations of the English language. We are not… — Walter J. Phillips
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
The tragic effects of terrorism have forced the new-construction industry to re-evaluate traditional methods of fire protection in commercial infrastructures. That includes everything from building… — Craig Scott
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
Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually discover such beauty in them… — John F. Carlson
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
With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard. — Robert Genn
Your muse is amused and willed to further renewal during the process of mindless grabbing of reference material or errant imaginings. — Robert Genn

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