“In place of an intensive cooperation among artists, there is a battle for goods. Hatred, partisanship, cliques, jealousy, and intrigues are the natural consequences of an aimless, materialist art.” ArtArtistNaturalBattleConsequenceHatredJealousyGoodsCooperationIntriguePartisanshipCliqueNatural Consequences Book:Concerning the Spiritual in Art: And Painting in Particular Source: Concerning the Spiritual in Art: And Painting in Particular
“[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people experience the consequences of their own acts. Property sets up fences, but it also surrounds us with mirrors, reflecting back upon us the consequences of our own behavior.” PeopleActionMaterialsBehaviorConsequenceEconomicsResponsibleMirrorsPropertyRealmsGoodsSurroundRegimesFenceReflectingPrivate PropertyReflecting Back Author:Tom Bethell
“That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful knowledge, and furnishes to it matter of enjoyment from within itself, is of more consequence to real felicity than all the provisions which we can make of the goods of fortune.” MindHeartRealMatterPassionPrinciplesKnowledgeDisciplineConsequenceFortuneEnjoymentGoodsVirtuousSelf DisciplineWorldlyEnlighteningProvisionFelicityEagernessUseful Knowledge Author:Robert Blair
“Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.” LooksLongImportantBodyPurposeTermWaterConsequenceWitnessAlternativesLong TermGoodsChemicalsPlasticComponentsPackagesConvenient Author:Edward Norton
“Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his members, the social compact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members." "We grant that each person alienates, by the social compact, only that portion of his power, his goods, and liberty whose use is of consequence to the community; but we must also grant that only the sovereign is the judge of what is of consequence.” MenGivingPersonsWholeUseBodyMovingForceSocialCommunityLibertyHe ManJudgingOughtMembersConsequenceUniversalAbsolutesGoodsGrantsPortionsSovereignCompactCompulsoryAbsolute Power Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.” WorldNeedsShouldMatterHelpingPovertyKnowingOur LivesConsequenceConsumersBuyingGoodsWorthwhileRecogniseFamily FriendsWorld Poverty Author:Peter Singer