“And, to prevent mistakes, I must advertize you, that I now mean by elements, as those chymists that speak plainest do by their principles, certain primitive or simple, or perfectly unmingled bodies; which not being made of any other bodies, or of one another, are the ingredients of which all those called perfectly mixt bodies are immediately compounded, and into which they are ultimately resolved: now whether there be any such body to be constantly met with in all, and each, of those that are said to be elemented bodies, is the thing I now question.” MeanMadeSaidBodyScienceCertainSpeakSimpleMistakePrinciplesMetsElementsDefinitionsIngredientsPrimitive Book:The Sceptical Chymist Source: The Sceptical Chymist
“Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence.” MeanArtForcePaintingMoralityContraryCharmPrimitiveExtensionsDecadence Book:Georges Braque Source: Georges Braque
“In a way, painting is like wine: it is as old, as simple, as primitive and as varied. Like wine, it is a very specific means of expression, with a limited vocabulary, but vast in its expressive potential.” WayMeanSimplePaintingExpressionWinePrimitiveVocabularyExpressive Author:Robert Motherwell
“With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.” MeanArtAbleArtistCreativityTechnologyCreatingPainterEfficientPrimitiveIngeniousFamous ArtistCreating New Things Author:Kazimir Malevich
“One of the first sights that shocked me, when I came to Israel in 1921, was an Arab turning over a field with a very primitive plow; pulling the plow were an ox and a woman. Now, if it means that we have destroyed this romantic picture by bringing in tractors, combines, and threshing machines, this is true: we have.” IfsFirstsMeanHumorFunnyFieldsHumorousMachinesSightIsraelDestroyedPrimitivePullingShockedTractors Author:Golda Meir
“Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a primitive means of psychoanalysis that allows the patient to judge the distance between fantasy and reality.” MeanRealityAbleValuesFantasyJudgingDistancePatientNewspapersCuresJournalismPrimitivePsychoanalysisTherapeuticFantasy And Reality Author:Bill Vaughan
“With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted. And because the words are written by somebody who knows how to craft words and draw on those things and convey those feelings. That doesn't mean they're dishonest. But it also doesn't mean that it's all just pure primitive emotion spilling out.” KnowsFeelsMeanFeelingsEmotionKnow HowRecordsWrittenPureDrawsPopsBeing TrueCraftsPrimitiveSpillingTrue Feelings Author:David Byrne
“Monotheism is the primitive religion which centers human consciousness on Hive Authority. There is One God and His Name is _______ (substitute Hive-Label). If there is only One God then there is no choice, no option, no selection of reality. There is only Submission or Heresy. The word Islam means "submission". The basic posture of Christianity is kneeling. Thy will be done.” IfsHumansMeanDoneRealityChoicesNamesConsciousnessChristianityAuthorityIslamLabelsSubstitutesPrimitiveSelectionSubmissionHeresyPostureHuman ConsciousnessHivesMonotheismKneelingThy Will Be Done Author:Timothy Leary
“Comprehensibility is the highest law of all. Unity must be there. There must be means of ensuring it. All the things familiar to us from primitive life must also be used in works of art.” MeanArtLawUsedHighestUnityFamiliarWorks Of ArtPrimitiveComprehension Book:The path to the new music Source: The path to the new music