“Art is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on their souls. We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles around us.” ArtSoulMatterInspirationReligiousAttitudeEnvironmentSubjectsElementsDrawsArt IsMiracleAncestorTangibleSubject Matter Author:Umberto Boccioni
“It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.” WayIdeasHappensMotivationalDifferencesPowerfulAttitudeOur LivesCircumstancesElementsImportanceLuckIllustrating Book:The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything Source: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
“The whole question of pornography seems to me a question of secrecy. Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and modesty are two utterly different things. Secrecy has always an element of fear in it, amounting very often to hate. Modesty is gentle and reserved. Today, modesty is thrown to the winds, even in the presence of the grey guardians. But secrecy is hugged, being a vice in itself. And the attitude of the grey ones is: Dear young ladies, you may abandon all modesty, so long as you hug your dirty little secret.” MayLittlesLongTwoDifferentWholeSeemsWould BeTodayYoungHateSecretAttitudeWindElementsDearVicesDirtyGentleThrownDifferent ThingsAbandonModestyHugGreyPornographyGuardianSecrecyReservedYoung LadiesHug You Book:Selected Poems of D.h. Lawrence Source: Selected Poems of D.h. Lawrence
“The important element is the way in which all things are connected. Every thought and action sends shivers of energy into the world around us, which affects all creation. Perceiving the world as a web of connectedness helps us to overcome the feelings of separation that hold us back and cloud our vision. This connection with all life increases our sense of responsability for every move, every attitude, allowing us to see clearly that each soul does indeed make a difference to the whole.” WorldWayDoeImportantSoulWholeHelpingFeelingsActionMovingEnergyDifferencesAttitudeVisionCreationElementsAll ThingsConnectionsOvercomingIncreaseCloudsConnectedSeparationMaking A DifferenceAllowingConnectednessShiverThoughts And ActionsResponsability Author:Emma Restall Orr
“There's the instability of my attitude as an artist, the instability of our perception of the world, and the idea that with this mix, you never know exactly what's the point of view of the filmmaker. This breaks the stability of the belief that a filmmaker is somebody who has a logical relationship with his own material. These elements create this atmosphere that I find more interesting than a normal atmosphere, based only on the characters.” KnowsWorldIdeasCharacterArtistBeliefInterestingViewsAttitudeBreakMaterialsElementsNormalPerceptionPoint Of ViewAtmosphereFilmmakerLogicalStabilityMy AttitudeInstabilityPerception Of The World Author:Albert Serra
“Capitalism is like this fractal thing where anything that contains an element of capitalism anywhere inside it is just something that turns into capitalism. It is an incredibly defeatist attitude. If you choose to look at reality that way, I suppose you can, but you have to do enormous violence to reality to do so consistently.” IfsWayLooksRealityTurnsAttitudeViolenceElementsCapitalismEnormousYou ChooseConsistentlyFractals Author:David Graeber