“Grief reconfigures time, its length, its texture, its function: one day means no more than the next, so why have they been picked out and given separate names?” MeanNextNamesGivenGriefOne DayFunctionLengthTexture Author:Julian Barnes
“The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.” MayMeanPleasureCircumstancesFunctionIntellectReactionsSecureWelfareSymptomsModifying Book:Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies Source: Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies
“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man” MenShouldFirstsMeanMomentsFormSpiritNextForeverPiecesTreeStyleDesignObjectsProduceUniversalFunctionUnionsMeetingsEdgesWoodsRelateAppealsEvolveBoardsInvitesGrainFurnitureLive ForeverReceptiveDiscardedTransitoryCraftsmanSuccess Or FailureTree Of LifeArtisansWoodworking Author:George Nakashima
“To my mind, healing means returning a malfunctioning human body to full unrestricted function, not to remove parts of it by operation or amputation” MindHumansMeanBodyHealingFunctionOperationsRemoveHuman BodyAmputation Author:Rudolf Breuss
“There is freedom in being a writer and writing. It is fulfilling your function. I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.” ThinkingWantWritingMeanEarthUsedKnowingFunctionWho You AreSupposed To BeFulfillingWriters And WritingKnowing Who You Are Author:Natalie
“Painting doesn't have a function, not in the way that music or film does... I mean, you can dance to music. Music can be used for a soundtrack, so it has a function in that sense, beyond itself. But painting doesn't... But I do believe that painting has a purpose.” WayBelieveMeanDoeFilmUsedPurposePaintingFunctionSoundtracks Author:Peter Doig
“The notion of anarchy ...means that once industrial functions have taken over from political functions, then business transactions and exchange alone produce the social order.” MeanPoliticalOrderSocialTakenProduceFunctionNotionAnarchyAnarchismTransactionsSocial Order Author:Pierre-Joseph Proudhon