“There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently from others, he does not fully appreciate the rules and conventions of symbolic realms; his adventurousness holds little significance. In contrast, the adult artist is fully cognizant of the norms embraced by others; his willingness, his compulsion, to reject convention is purchased, at the very least, with full knowledge of what he is doing and often at considerable psychic cost to himself.” MayChildrenLittlesDoeArtistDifferencesClearCostActivityAdultsAppreciateArtisticRealmsRejectsSignificanceWillingnessConventionsContrastPsychicsNormCompulsionSymbolicCognizant Book:Art, mind, and brain: a cognitive approach to creativity Source: Art, mind, and brain: a cognitive approach to creativity
“Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.” DifferencesPayAmountCostCustomersItems Author:Brian Tracy
“Europe's financial system is fragmented, although the gap in funding costs for banks within the euro area is no longer as wide as it was two years ago. But in lending the differences are still very large, and in some countries the credit flow is disrupted.” YearsStillsTwoCountryDifferencesCostEuropeAreasYears AgoFlowFinancialCreditWideTwo YearsGapsFundingEuroLendingFragmentedFinancial SystemTwo Years Ago Author:Mario Draghi
“I don't want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes.” WayWantDifferencesPayIssuesCostGenderCost Of LivingGender DifferencesPocketbooks Author:Elizabeth Warren
“People, materials, facilities, money, and time are the resources available to us for conducting our business. By applying our skills, we turn these resources into useful products and services. If we do a good job, customers pay us more for our products than the sum of our costs in producing and distributing them. This difference, our profit, represents the value we add to the resources we utilize.” PeopleIfsJobsValuesTurnsDifferencesPayMaterialsProductsCostSkillsResourcesAddProfitAvailableCustomersGood JobFacilityConducting Author:David Packard