“Everything that's happening in our world is a function of what is going on inside of people. We are violent in our minds. We are violent with one another. We walk past one another in the street and don't even look nor make eye contact - don't speak. We can be outraged about the missiles and the planes. I'm more outraged that somebody will walk past me in the street and not look me in the face and say good morning.” PeopleWorldMindLooksEyePastFacesSpeakWalksMorningStreetsHappeningsFunctionViolentContactPlanesOur WorldMissilesOutragedEye Contact Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people.” PeopleRealMomentsActorsActingAudienceImagineHappeningsFunctionReal Things Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I think both science and art are impelled by curiosity: What's really happening? How do things really function? How can I really engage with the world around me? These are questions that artists and scientists both ask.” ThinkingWorldArtArtistAsksHappeningsScientistFunctionCuriosityArt And Science Author:Amy Hardie
“What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's in response again to a function which is happening out there on the street.” IfsHas BeensTodayStreetsHappeningsFunctionResponseConcerts Author:Pete Townshend
“Well, God doesn't intervene in many of the situations we would like Him to because He would have to intervene in everything that we say and do that is wrong right the way through to some of the most terrible things happening in nations. What He does is He gives us signs that He is with us and that we can draw help from Him. Jesus changed water into wine. That had no function really. They had already run out of wine in the party so he was only aiding and abetting more drinking.” WayGivingWellsDoeHelpingRunningJesusNationsWaterPartySituationChangedTerribleDrawsHappeningsFunctionWineDrinkingThings HappenTerrible Things Author:Gerald Coates
“Let's say that what's out there is a narrative. Often enough, the picture plays with the question of what actually is happening. Almost the way puns function.” WayEnoughPlayHappeningsFunctionNarrativePun Author:Garry Winogrand