“Drawing is the simplest way of establishing a picture vocabulary because it is an instant, personal declaration of what is important and what is not.” WayImportantDrawingInstantDeclarationVocabularySimplest Book:Betty Goodwin: oeuvres de 1971 à 1987 Source: Betty Goodwin: oeuvres de 1971 à 1987
“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into this very deep, indescribable night, it is something that escapes my vocabulary to describe. Then I think: 'God, I have no importance. Whatever I do or don't do, or what anybody does, is not more important than the grains of sand that I am lying on, or the coconut that I am using for my pillow.' So I really don't think in the long sense.” ThinkingFeelsLongDoeImportantSometimesLyingNightStarsWindImportanceNakedBeachSandGrainVocabularyPillowVery DeepIndescribableGrains Of SandCoconuts Author:Marlon Brando
“The utility of a language as a tool of thought increases with the range of topics it can treat, but decreases with the amount of vocabulary and the complexity of grammatical rules which the user must keep in mind. Economy of notation is therefore important.” MindImportantLanguageEconomyAmountToolsTreatsIncreaseRangeComplexityUsersTopicsVocabularyUtilityDecrease Author:Kenneth E. Iverson