“We've said from the beginning when we traded Richie (Sexson), we're trading home runs for doubles and the ability to manufacture runs... Doubles are almost better. I mean, home runs are great, but when you've got guys who smack those doubles, you're in good shape, you've got a lot of guys in scoring position.” MeanSaidHomeRunningGuyAbilityPositionShapesTradingHome RunSmack Author:Ned Yost
“Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.” GivingMeanLiteraturePaintingShapesPerceptionDrawingColourSensationsConcreteAbstraction Author:Paul Cezanne
“What do I want to express? The subject means little. The arrangement, the design, colour, shape, depth, light, space, mood, movement, balance, not one or all of these fills the bill. There is something additional, a breath that draws your breath into its breathing, a heartbeat that pounds on yours, a recognition of the oneness of all things.” WantMeanLittlesLightSpaceSubjectsDesignMovementBalanceShapesDrawsAll ThingsBreathsBillsDepthMoodOnenessRecognitionBreathingColourPoundsArrangementsHeartbeat Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
“The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes.” IfsMeanDifferentTroubleSourceShapesDown AndCopiesSay AnythingReluctantCopying Author:Michael Heizer