“I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really good at talking about material things, really bad at talking about emotions, really good at stuff we can count, really bad at the deeper stuff that actually drives behavior.” WorldHumansStuffViewsEmotionTalkingHuman NaturePolicyMaterialsBehaviorDeeperConclusionShallowMaterial Things Author:David Brooks
“Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man.” MenMindMayFeelingsJoyDesireCultureEmotionAttitudeStudyMaterialsComfortSkillsImpulseAgricultureFortitudeMaterial ThingsLife Skills Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The material presence of the work only serves as a conveyer launching an invitation to the observer to take part of the comprehensive game of the thousand and one emotions and visions.” GamesEmotionVisionMaterialsThousandObserversInvitationsComprehensiveLaunching Author:Antoni Tapies
“It isnecessary to destroy the pretended nobility, entirely literaryand traditional, of marble and bronze? The sculptor can use twenty different materials, or even more, in a single work, provided that the plastic emotion requires it.” DifferentUseEmotionMaterialsTwentiesTraditionalPlasticNobilityMarbleSculptorsBronze Author:Umberto Boccioni
“I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material. I feel a responsibility for the emotion it brings out in the listener.” FeelsDifferentSongActingEmotionResponsibilityRolesMaterialsInvolvedSingingRegardJazzListeners Author:Peggy Lee
“Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.” MovingGivenRoomsEmotionPiecesEmotionalMaterialsReaderExplaining Author:William Zinsser
“When you're in love with the work, the energy comes more naturally. You want to wake up in the morning to write more material, or to go on stage and give every shred of emotion you have.” WantGivingWritingEnergyEmotionMorningStageMaterialsGoes OnWake Up Author:Matthew Hussey
“On the one hand, I have wanted to supply documentation on myself by including material relevant to my emotions and ideas in my youth; and, on the other, not to let myself down by publishing inferior material. My poetry comes under the latter head. My only advice to the reader is to skip any verse that he sees coming.” IdeasHandsWantedEmotionAdviceYouthMaterialsReaderIncludingLatterRelevantPublishingVersesInferiorsSkipDocumentation Author:Edmund Wilson
“We practice conscious forgetting by refusing to summon up the fiery material, we refuse to recollect. To forget is an active, not a passive, endeavor. It means to not haul up certain materials, or turn them over and over, to not work oneself up by repetitive thought, picture, or emotion.” MeanCertainTurnsForgetEmotionPracticeMaterialsConsciousOneselfRefuseActiveEndeavorPassiveFieryRepetitiveHaul Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material.” FactsEmotionMaterialsDespiteSolePictorialThoughts And Emotions Book:Model Source: Model