“I'm scared of snakebites - that's the origin of cowboy boots, protection - but my toes need to breathe.” Quote by Gavin McInnes
“I feel like most of the objects coming through the ports are pretty useless. It sort of speaks to this larger point of how much we're actually taking in versus how much we really need.” NeedsFeelsSpeakObjectsUselessVersusPort Author:Mary Mattingly
“I wanted to make a site where I wasn't mailing physical things to people, but I was still giving people things, and I would have this relationship with that person, and if that person was interested in the object, they would have to email me and I would send that object digitally to them. So, I wanted the relationship with that person, however brief, and I wanted to spread the digital record of the things I have.” PeopleIfsGivingPersonsStillsWantedRecordsObjectsSpreadDigitalSiteEmailPhysical ThingsMailing Author:Mary Mattingly
“We're at a point in time in our history of humanity where the systems we use for mass production have to be reevaluated, and it first struck me that online communities are a way to have local production with a universal reach.” WayFirstsUseHumanityCommunityMassUniversalProductionsLocalsOnlineMass Production Author:Mary Mattingly
“If everyone used the Internet to share the things they created themselves, what would that look like? I think it makes objects special again. I guess I'm not really advocating for no objects in the world, but rather the idea of creating within our present means.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksMeanIdeasUsedShareSpecialObjectsInternetCreatingAdvocating Author:Mary Mattingly
“The way that I rationalize making photographs is because you're countering what's offensively mass-produced with something that you just want more people to see.” PeopleWayWantMassPhotographRationalize Author:Mary Mattingly
“I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at.” ThinkingLanguageSuccessfulPhotographyUniversalStorytellingUniversal Language Author:Mary Mattingly
“You can carry a photograph with you on a thumb drive, and you can make it bigger or smaller - it's a very malleable form of mass production.” FormMassBiggerPhotographProductionsThumbsMass Production Author:Mary Mattingly
“Ideally I envision a future where people are supporting themselves and each other using the things we already have - perhaps a place where one can fully support oneself with the help of others within smaller, sustainable communities. Being interdependent instead of relying mostly on machines for the things we need.” PeopleNeedsHelpingCommunitySupportMachinesOneself Author:Mary Mattingly
“I've never felt more American than I did when I moved to England. It becomes a real kind of part of your identity: "Oh, Ben. He's the American guy." I think when you say you're from New York you get a different reception then if you just say, "I'm American." So I'd always kind of make sure I was a New Yorker first.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindDifferentRealGuyFeltNew YorkIdentityEnglandMovedNew YorkersReceptionAmerican Guys Author:Ben Schnetzer
“Drama schools are very small community, a very incestuous community, so you get to know one another very, very quickly and it just washes over after a while. Every now and then I'll say "dude" or I'll say "bro," and people will laugh.” PeopleKnowsSchoolCommunityLaughingDramaNow And ThenBrosSmall Communities Author:Ben Schnetzer