“The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption thus appears as a moment of production.” SelfMomentsIndividualObjectsProduceReturnProductionsProductiveConsumptionConsumingReproducing Book:Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy Source: Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy
“As I write, Johnny Rotten's first moments in "Anarchy in the U.K." - a rolling earthquake of a laugh, a buried shout, then hoary words somehow stripped of all claptrap and set down in the city streets - I AM AN ANTICHRIST - Remain as powerful as anything I know. Listening to the record today - listening to the way Johnny Rotten tears at his lines, and then hurls the pieces at the world; recalling the all-consuming smile he produced as he sang - my back stiffens; I pull away even as my scalp begins to sweat.” KnowsWorldWayWritingFirstsMomentsTodayLinesPowerfulCitiesLaughingRecordsPiecesStreetsTearsListeningBuriedAnarchySweatRollingRottenConsumingEarthquakesAntichristCity StreetsJohnny Rotten Author:Greil Marcus
“A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur.” LoveMomentsLove IsCreditFavorsConsumingGreat LoveBankruptcy Author:Honore de Balzac
“Cooking saved my life! Sure, there were some miserable moments, but that was sort of the point, to find something challenging and consuming enough to take a place in the center of my life into which was creeping a horrible feeling of stasis and the doom of mediocrity.” EnoughMomentsFeelingsChallengesFoodCookingSavedHorribleMiserableCulinaryMediocrityDoomConsumingStasis Author:Julie Powell
“Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet moments and making sure you're making time for the art side, on top of all the time-consuming business side.” WritingArtMomentsSidesTermQuietFindingsDay To DayConsumingChaoticMaking TimeDay LifeDay To Day LifeTime ConsumingQuiet Moments Author:Sarah Kay