"Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention.……" — Henry Petroski

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• Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any… — William S. Burroughs
• Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization. — Aldo Leopold
• Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into… — Diane Ackerman
• And I think this is the real epiphany: the ways in which culture is distributed become profoundly more intriguing as… — Kenneth Goldsmith
• The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful… — Douglas Groothuis
• Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization. Wilderness was never a homogenous… — Aldo Leopold
• Grace, not willpower, is what ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. Creativity, both in what spawns within the artist… — Ronald Rolheiser
• In Tetrad form, the artifact is seen to be not neutral or passive, bur an active logos or utterance of… — Marshall McLuhan
• The dialectical or ecological approach asserts that creating the world is involved in our every act. It is impossible for… — Wes Jackson
• SF is an opportunity to have an intense relationship with your own imagination. It's a kind of drive-by poetry, trashy… — M. John Harrison
• I know this is a major cultural artifact but it's bad for the community. — Dante Alighieri
• Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth… — Sheri S. Tepper

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