“Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not a quality; a proof, not of achievement, but of absolutely insufficient work, for work alone will efface the footsteps of work.” ArtQualityVirtueIndustryAchievementArt IsEvidenceProductionsProofFootstepsInsufficient Book:The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Source: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
“Every age manifests itself by some external evidence. In a period such as ours when only a comparatively few individuals seem to be given to religion, some form other than the Gothic cathedral must be found. Industry concerns the greatest numbers-it may be true, as has been said, that our factories are our substitute for religious expression.” MayHas BeensSaidSeemsAgeFormFoundIndividualGivenReligiousNumbersExpressionIndustryPeriodsEvidenceConcernBeing TrueSubstitutesFactoriesGothicCathedrals Book:Charles Sheeler: across media Source: Charles Sheeler: across media
“The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history.” IfsWantDoeRealReligionUniverseFoundReligiousPrayerLordGoneCreationIndustryConceptsEvidenceNotionRidiculousProductiveRulersFlatteryAdorationHomo SapiensLord God Author:Robert A. Heinlein