“A computer is a wonderful and friendly machine, because it's always just a little better than you are. You're always a little bit behind, but it stays right there with you anyway. It allows you to make the mistakes, and then to try to find out what the mistakes are, and then to repair the mistakes. It's always your friend. It quits on you, but it doesn't leave the apartment.” TryingLittlesBitsBehindsMistakeWonderfulComputerLittle BitMachinesQuittingFriendlyApartmentBetter Than You Author:Frederick Barthelme
“The machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along with allwork that is not done by a machine--which is to say, its little bit of humanity.” LittlesDoneHumanityIndividualBitsWorkPiecesPrideLittle BitMachinesMeritDefectsMachinery Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“I was not in a good space in my life, emotionally particularly, so I needed to do something to recharge my batteries emotionally and musically. I took a break and I learnt software and programming a little bit, and that's how I designed my live machine, which I've been using for years.” YearsLittlesBitsSpaceBreakNeededLittle BitMachinesProgrammingSoftwareBatteries Author:Jamie Lidell
“Some mathematicians didn't even perceive of the possibility of a picture being helpful. To the contrary, I went into an orgy of looking at pictures by the hundreds; the machines became a little bit better.” LittlesBitsPossibilityLittle BitMachinesContraryPerceiveHelpfulMathematician Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“You've gotta be an outsider a little bit to shake yourself loose from the mill, the "machine." In order to even cut the space in your life to pursue what most people literally cannot afford a moment to pursue. So, yeah. I think that not only is that the role of the artist, but it might be a requirement.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMomentsMightArtistOrderBitsSpaceRolesCuttingLittle BitMachinesYeahPursueShakesOutsidersRequirementsMills Author:El-P