“To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries.” ArtArtistStreetsCenturyExpressionWallMessagesArt IsFreedom Of ExpressionOccupy Wall Street Author:Peter M. Brant
“Wealth from trade was the mainspring of Western material advance; the visible agents of change were great guns. These came of age in Europe in the 15th century. On land their potency in reducing castle walls favoured central over local power, since in general only monarchs could afford siege-trains; so nation-states were consolidated and extended into great territorial empires. At sea, guns transformed sailing ships into mobile castles virtually impregnable to opponents who lacked equally powerful ordnance. With the ocean-going gunned warship, western Europe began to extend around the globe.” StatesAgeNationsWealthPowerfulSeaLandCenturyMaterialsWallOceanGunEuropeTradeTrainWesternLocalsShipsAgentsOpponentsVisibleEmpiresTransformedGlobesSailingCastlesMobileReducingMonarchsSiegePotencyTerritorialSailing ShipsWestern EuropeWarshipsOrdnanceCastle Walls Author:Peter Padfield
“Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own bestial and destructive impulses.” HumanityLanguageCenturyWallBuiltImpulseDestructive Book:Parthian Words Source: Parthian Words
“And the art was in every corner and wall... a Mural of the Century of Progress in Colombia South America is rich in detail, painted by a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Chicago named Santiago Martinez; a name to remember.” ArtAmericaRememberNamesRichProgressCenturyStudentsWallFineSouthDetailsCornersChicagoAcademyFine ArtsColombiaSouth AmericaMuralSantiago Author:Santiago Martinez Delgado