“We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise, American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power, our oil areas and our timber limits.” WaterMinesLimitsAreasArmySouthPossessionOilBordersEnterpriseRapidsInvasionTimberWater Power Book:The Imperialist Source: The Imperialist
“We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent have already been destroyed, and not replaced, and other vast areas are on the verge of destruction. Yet forests, unlike mines, can be so handled as to yield the best results of use, without exhaustion, just like grain fields.” UseScienceThreeResultsLandFieldsMinesAreasDestructionForestsDestroyedFasterYieldGrainContinentsReplacedThree TimesConsumingExhaustionVergeTimberDeforestation Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
“From the industry's point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into a moonscape and polluting the air and releasing toxic chemical into what's left of the local streams and aquifers. It's that the people who live near the mines are too cozy with their cousins.” PeopleProblemLeftViewsCompanyAirMinesIndustryMountainAreasPoint Of ViewLocalsStreamsChemicalsToxicCoalCousinBlastCozyToxic ChemicalsAquifers Author:Jeff Goodell
“I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but it's such a volatile area, you have to be prudent.” DreamMinesMountainAreasMapsSouthernPrudentSaharaChad Author:Werner Herzog
“In the art of teaching, we recognize that ideas and insights need to cook over a period of time. Sometimes the student who is least articulate about expressing the ideas is in fact the one who is absorbing and processing them most deeply. This applies as well to our own private learning of our art form; the areas in which we feel most stuck and most incompetent may be our richest gold mine of developing material. The use of silence in teaching then becomes very powerful.” NeedsFeelsWellsMayArtIdeasSometimesFactsUseFormPowerfulSilenceTeachingStudentsMinesMaterialsPeriodsAreasGoldInsightStuckDevelopingCooksVery PowerfulIncompetentAbsorbingProcessing Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“I have always felt that a lot of the most interesting work, not just mine but other people's, falls into [the] nether area, somewhere between the worlds of documentary and photojournalism (two very vague words) and the world of art. I think a lot of street photography falls into this nether area.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtTwoFallFeltInterestingStreetsMinesPhotographyAreasVagueDocumentariesMost InterestingStreet PhotographyPhotojournalism Author:Alex Webb
“I think that becoming a parent absolutely changes your entire life and certainly changes your work, and it has changed mine. It just allows you to have access to your emotions, even more than you already did. You're watching this little person grow in front of you, and you realize that you're seeing how precious life is and how quickly it goes. You get to things faster, even emotionally. I'm not as timid about reaching into some areas in myself and bringing that to my work.” ThinkingLittlesPersonsLife IsGrowsParentRealizingEmotionSeeingFrontsChangedMinesBecomingAreasAccessFasterReachingPrecious LifeHow Precious Life IsBecoming A Parent Author:Sasha Alexander