(723 quotes found)
“Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.”
Agnes Martin
“And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of our day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise; for we are dependent on the spirit of our time.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.”
Francis Arinze
“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 more difficult nuclear issue to resolve for the United States.”
Joseph Cirincione
“So much has religion done for me; turning the original materials to the best account; pruning and training nature. But she could not eradicate nature: nor will it be eradicated 'till this mortal shall put on immortality.”
Charlotte Bronte
“A whole lot of innocuous material. This is the ideal DVD for the shut-in, and the socially maladjusted. If your mother is your best friend, this is the DVD for you.”
Kevin Smith
“[• LA WESLEY BONITA: The Material Girl has stepped onto the political stage and endorsed Clark.] I think he has a good handle on foreign policy, I think he's good with people, and I think he has a heart and a consciousness, ... He's interested in spirituality -- I mean, those things mean a lot to me.”
Madonna
“One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole.”
Barbara Hepworth
“I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.”
Will Rogers
“Make the workmanship surpass the materials.”
Ovid
