“The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain, cold, and heat; cars are there to overcome distances. Culture is the exception. Music, art, and all of the different cultural expressions are not going in that direction. They're not about comfort; they're about understanding each other.” WayArtDifferentReasonLife IsCultureHouseUnderstandingCarExpressionColdComfortCivilizationProtectComfortableRainOvercomingDistanceHeatExceptionUnderstanding Each Other Author:Pipilotti Rist
“Every painter must traverse for himself that distance from Paris to Aix (where Paul Cézanne worked a lot, fh) or from Venice to Toledo (where El Greco painted a lot, fh). Expression is for one knowing its own pivot. Every expressor relates solely to himself - that is the concern of the individualist.” KnowingExpressionConcernDistancePainterRelateParisVeniceTraverseToledo Author:Marsden Hartley
“The great commander, who seemed by expression of his visage to be always on the look-out for something in the extremest distance, and to have no ocular knowledge of anything within ten miles, made no reply whatever.” LooksMadeFunnyExpressionTenHumorousDistanceMilesCommanders Book:Dombey and Son Source: Dombey and Son
“A photographer who wants to see....must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance you put between yourself and your home. If you do not see what is all around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?....Good seeing doesn't ensure good photographs, but good photographic expression is impossible without it.” IfsWantHomeValuesAbilityImpossibleSeeingExpressionDistancePhotographerPhotographFamiliarAbility To SeeTangier Author:Freeman Patterson
“I am talking about anything that is a provocation - ignore it. When something falls under freedom of expression, you can read it and take a critical distance.” FallTalkingExpressionDistanceCriticalFreedom Of ExpressionProvocation Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I opposed the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I read the book and took a critical distance. I did not think The Satanic Verses is a blasphemous book. I did not consider the book as being a great read, but as an intellectual I read, I assess, and I respond. I make a difference between true freedom of expression to which we owe a response and provocation, which we ignore.” ThinkingBookDifferencesExpressionIntellectualDistanceResponseCriticalMaking A DifferenceVersesFreedom Of ExpressionSatanicTrue FreedomProvocationRushdieSatanic Verses Author:Tariq Ramadan