“For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty of the medium; there are no previous masters to surpass; and after a few weeks, you are the master. Try that with the violin.” TryingArtistTechnologyCuttingWeekMastersMediumsMasteryNoveltyViolinNew TechnologyDivingShort Cuts Author:Stewart Brand
“With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.” MeanArtAbleArtistCreativityTechnologyCreatingPainterEfficientPrimitiveIngeniousFamous ArtistCreating New Things Author:Kazimir Malevich
“If men were able to be convinced that art is a precise advance knowledge of how to cope with the psychic and social consequences of the next technology, would they all become artist? Or would they begin a careful translation of new art forms into social navigation charts? I am curious to know what would happem if art were suddenly seen for what it is, namely, exact information of how to rearrange one's psyche in order to anticipate the next blow from our own extended faculties.” IfsKnowsMenArtAbleFormArtistOrderNextSocialTechnologyInformationArt IsConsequenceBlowCarefulConvincedCuriousFacultyPrecisePsychicsTranslationsAnticipateNavigation Book:Understanding media: the extensions of man Source: Understanding media: the extensions of man
“It's understandable that the music companies that are comprised of people that are successful by making good creative decisions - they have to decide which out of fifty artists is the next hot one, with no data to go from. It's an intuitive process, and that's what they do well when they're successful. They don't understand technology.” PeopleWellsArtistNextProcessDecisionCompanyTechnologyCreativeSuccessfulHotDataFiftyIntuitive Author:Steve Jobs
“I'd say we [Apple Inc.] are the most creative of the technology companies and definitely the most artist-friendly. Almost everyone in the music business uses a Mac and everyone has an iPod.” UseArtistCompanyTechnologyCreativeApplesFriendlyMusic BusinessMacsIpodsApple Inc Author:Steve Jobs
“Computers are another tool for the creative artist - just as a flat or filbert brush is. But there was a time when I left a jar of medium open by my work station for that painterly smell.” ArtistLeftTechnologyCreativeComputerToolsSmellMediumsFlatsStationsBrushesJarsCreative ArtCreative Artists Author:Donald Lambert
“I suppose that every time there is difficulty. I remember about Space Mountain: It took us ten years before we found the technology that would allow such a ride. And during these ten years, I had a model that I kept, waiting for the technology we needed.” YearsRememberArtistFoundWaitingSpaceTechnologyNeededTenMountainModelsDifficulty Author:John Hench