“We are all the subjects of impressions, and some of use seek to convey the impressions to others. In the art of communicating impressions lies the power of generalizing without losing that logical connection of parts to the whole which satisfies the mind.” MindArtWholeUseLyingSubjectsLosingConnectionsCommunicateImpressionLogical Author:Camille Pissarro
“What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less, and by communicating our pleasure we have more.” SocialPleasureGriefArgumentConnectionsCommunicateFavorsObservation Author:Sir Fulke Greville
“Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to commanding people to follow them.” PeopleLeaderMovementConnectionsFoundationCommunicateEmpoweringTribesGreat Leader Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors” WayNeedsGivingMadeFeelingsGovernmentOpportunityPoliticsSpeakWaitingVoiceAcceptingTechnologyDemocracyGreaterHeardInternetConnectionsDemocraticCommunicateParadoxDeclineNew WaysParticipationExplosionsTransparencyNew Technology Author:Robin Cook
“I like to have a connection with the elements and the earth. Rock is the skin of the planet, and you can learn something from the rock, but you need to communicate with element. You have to be part of the element, not fight it.” NeedsEarthFightingRocksPlanetsElementsConnectionsSkinsCommunicate Author:Fred Nicole
“Internet becoming accessible everywhere, whether it was Wi-Fi at work, on your cell phone as you traveled. People had it at home with broadband. There was a big change.It used to be people used the Internet primarily at work, because that's where they had a good connection. Now they're using it at home. And the second big change is, they used it not just to get information, but to communicate with one another. And, so, it became not simply an information exchange, but a personal exchange, a communication mechanism.” PeopleHomeBigsUsedInformationCommunicationBecomingInternetConnectionsPhonesCommunicateUsed To BeCellsMechanismTraveledCell PhoneBig ChangesBroadband Author:Esther Dyson
“I'm busy communicating ideas.... I want you to know what I'm thinking. If you feel a connection, good. If you don't, fine.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsIdeasFineConnectionsBusyCommunicateI Want You Author:Grace Slick
“In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with them, contact was difficult. I managed to use MIT's Arpanet connection, and she found one, so we could communicate thanks to the Pentagon!” WarUseFoundDifficultStudyMilitaryDaughterConnectionsCommunicateContactThanksMy DaughterPentagonMitNicaragua Author:Noam Chomsky
“Essentially, there's a universe inside your brain. The number of connections possible inside your brain is limitless. And as people have learned to have more managerial and direct creative access to their brains, they have also developed matrices or networks of people that communicate electronically. There are direct brain/computer link-ups. You can just jack yourself in and pilot your brain around in cyberspace-electronic space.” PeopleUniverseSpaceNumbersBrainCreativeComputerDirectConnectionsCommunicateAccessLinksPilotsLimitlessCyberspace Author:Timothy Leary
“I think that one of the reasons that we chose the word love as the subject is because your human connection and how you affect everybody around you, you'll only understand the gravity of that as you pass later on in life. I think as artists it's our ability to communicate that in certain ways.” ThinkingWayHumansReasonArtistCertainAbilitySubjectsConnectionsCommunicateGravityHuman ConnectionWords LoveAbility To Communicate Author:Tom DeLonge
“We need saints; we need this head - this talking head - to communicate. Every single religion you have people that go in-between, that can talk to god or communicate ideas. Then there are the talking heads in the news every time we watch TV. No matter how complex, you still need a person there to tell you what happened: a storyteller of sorts. I find that fascinating that we feel so attached to this primitive mode of connection, this primitive interface to the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsFeelsPersonsStillsIdeasMatterTalkingWatchesHappenedTvsNewsConnectionsComplexesSaintCommunicateFascinatingPrimitiveStorytellerInterfacesTalking Heads Author:Vik Muniz
“To feel is to communicate with your Spirit-with God. Feeling is God's mirror; intuition is God's telephone. To seek your truth is to deepen your connection to Spirit.” FeelsFeelingsSpiritualSpiritTruth IsConnectionsMirrorsCommunicateIntuitionTelephones Author:Kenny Loggins
“And it occurred to me that in this new millennial life of instant and ubiquitous connection, you don't in fact communicate so much as leave messages for one another, these odd improvisational performances, often sorry bits and samplings of ourselves that can't help but seem out of context. And then when you do finally reach someone, everyone's so out of practice or too hopeful or else embittered that you wonder if it would be better not to attempt contact at all.” IfsFactsHelpingSeemsWould BeBitsWonderPracticeMessagesConnectionsPerformancesSorryCommunicateContactOddInstantHopefulLeaving MeMillennialsOf ContextSampling Author:Chang-Rae Lee