“I believe that a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our engendering a lifestyle which will enable us to be spontaneous, independent, yet related to each other, rather than maintaining a lifestyle which only allows to make and unmake, produce and consume - a style of life which is merely a way station on the road to the depletion and pollution of the environment. The future depends more upon our choice of institutions which support a life of action than on our developing new ideologies and technologies.” WayBelieveActionChoicesI BelieveTechnologySupportEnvironmentStyleProduceDependsIndependentInstitutionsLifestyleIdeologyDevelopingRelatedStationsPollutionConsumptionConsumerismSpontaneousDesirableMaintainingOverconsumptionOur ChoicesBe Spontaneous Author:Ivan Illich
“Morandi suggests we are all single in this world, hoping for independent repose. But our best opportunity for a community of excellence depends upon a collection of enlightened individuals.” WorldOpportunityIndividualCommunityThis WorldDependsIndependentExcellenceCollectionsEnlightenedReposeBest Opportunity Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home.” WorldSelfHomeJoyEnjoyDependsIndependentLuxuryIntimateContentmentInwardRestlessZealSolaceOuter Worlds Book:Gleanings Source: Gleanings
“Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on them. They can lean, stand, and be leaned upon, because they know what a good feeling it can be to feel needed.” PeopleKnowsFeelsChildrenFeelingsDependsNeededComfortableIndependentDependentGood Feeling Book:You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor
“The beautiful is and remains beautiful though it arouse no emotion whatever, and though there be no one to look at it. In other words, although the beautiful exists for the gratification of an observer, it is independent of him. In this sense music, too, has no aim (object), and the mere fact that this particular art is so closely bound up with our feelings by no means justifies the assumption that its aesthetic principles depend on this union.” LooksMeanArtFactsFeelingsBeautifulEmotionPrinciplesObjectsParticularDependsArt IsAimIndependentRemainsUnionsMereBoundsAssumptionJustifyAestheticObserversGratification Author:Eduard Hanslick
“There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent. The one thing coplanar with music is the compositional aspect, the fact that you are composing something. Architecture is essentially a score, and what happens with it depends on the people who play it, enjoy it, use it, or hate it.” PeopleWorldPlayFactsUseHappensHateEnjoyPiecesOne ThingDependsMusic IsAspectIndependentArchitectureRelateScoreComposing Author:Rafael Vinoly
“I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she will. It depends on her virtue.” IfsMayLongCountryEnjoyVirtueDependsIndependentIndependenceThank GodIndependence And Freedom Author:Samuel Adams
“I'm always sitting down and talking to people that are doing independent features. It depends on the project and the quotient of the people that are involved. There are a lot of different reasons [to do something], like a particular script that resonates with me, in a particular way. It may not so much even be about the part, but what the script has to say.” PeopleWayMayDifferentReasonTalkingParticularDependsInvolvedProjectsSittingDown AndIndependentScriptsFeaturesSitting Down Author:Jimmy Smits
“America, like Britain before her, is now the great defender of the Status Quo. She has committed herself against revolution and radical change in the underdeveloped world because independent governments would destroy the world economic and political system, which assures the United States its disproportionate share of economic and political power ... America's preeminent wealth depends upon keeping things in the underdeveloped world much as they are, allowing change and modernization to proceed only in a controlled, orderly, and nonthreatening way.” WorldWayStatesGovernmentAmericaPoliticalWealthUnitedUnited StatesShareEconomicRevolutionDependsIndependentCommittedRadicalBritainControlledAllowingStatus QuoPolitical SystemsDefendersOrderlyPolitical PowerRadical ChangeModernization Author:Richard Barnet
“We no longer see the evolution of the nervous system, but that of a certain individual. The role of the memory is very important but... not as important as we believe. Most of the important things that we do don't depend on memory. To hear, to see, to touch, to feel happiness and pain; these are functions which are independent of memory; it is an a priori thing. Thus, for me, what memory does is to modify that a priori thing, and this it does in a very profound way.” WayFeelsBelieveDoeImportantPainCertainIndividualMemoriesRolesDependsEvolutionFunctionIndependentImportant ThingsProfoundNervousNervous System Author:Rodolfo Llinas
“The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.” PeopleShouldMayGovernmentJusticeMoralDependsOughtBlessingDignityConstitutionIndependentChecksAdministrationBranchesExecutivesStabilityJudicialSkillfulBranches Of GovernmentJudicial PowerAdministration Of Justice Author:John Adams
“Throughout history, independent minds have carried mankind forward. Whether they identified how to make fire or manufacture tools, develop rational philosophy or create man-glorifying art, pioneer scientific knowledge or invent the electric light, independent thinkers have created the goods on which human life and prosperity depend.” MenMindHumansArtPhilosophyLightFireMankindDependsToolsIndependentProsperityRationalHuman LifeGoodsThinkerElectricPioneersScientific KnowledgeElectric Light Author:Andrew Bernstein
“When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.” FilmFieldsDependsMembersIndependentWideAccessArtisticAppealsDeniedUnfairDistributionIndependent FilmPlaying Fields Author:Norman Jewison
“Community is woven from gifts, which is ultimately why poor people often have stronger communities than rich people. If you are financially independent, then you really don't depend on your neighbors for anything. You can just pay someone to do it.” PeopleIfsCommunityPoorPayRichDependsStrongerIndependentNeighborPoor PeopleRich PeopleWoven Author:Charles Eisenstein
“I think I'm wealthy. I make a good living for what I do. Well, it depends. If I'm doing an independent film I'm making no money - probably losing money. But if I'm doing a studio film, I'll make a decent wage. I can live for a year without working.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsI CanFilmDependsLosingIndependentStudiosDecentWealthyNo MoneyIndependent FilmGood LivingLosing Money Author:Eric Stoltz