Object Quotes

2140 quotes by 1419 authors

A colour is a physical object as soon as we consider its dependence, for instance, upon its luminous source, upon other colours, upon temperatures, upon… — Ernst Mach
Youâ€™re getting rid of the things that people used to think were essential to art. But that reduction is only incidental. I object to the… — Donald Judd
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent… — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
In other words, all of my books are lies. They are simply maps of a territory, shadows of a reality, gray symbols dragging their bellies… — Ken Wilber
When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything. — Diana Vreeland
Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more… — Aleister Crowley
All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others. — Tacitus
The message of biblical Christianity is 'God loves me so that I might make him- his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness- known… — David Platt
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object. — Richard Rohr
It is a long established principle of the Church never to completely drop from her public worship any ceremony, object or prayer which once occupied… — Fulton J. Sheen
It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work,… — Jerome K. Jerome
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function. — Moshe Safdie
Whether the object of your faith is real or false, you will get results. Your subconscious mind responds to the thought in your mind. Look… — Joseph Murphy
I find it strangely beautiful that the camera with its inherent clarity of object and detail can produce images that in spite of themselves offer… — Joel Meyerowitz
I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been… — Maya Lin
When Iâ€™m working with materials itâ€™s not just the leaf or the stone, itâ€™s the processes that are behind them that are important. Thatâ€™s what… — Andy Goldsworthy
I'm interested in the moment when two objects collide and generate a third. The third object is where the interesting work is. — Bruce Mau
What a fearful object a long-neglected duty gets to be — Chauncey Wright
Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them. — William Henry Hudson
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

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