“I must for myself insist that when finished, that is when all the parts are in place and are working, that now it has become an object and will therefore have its boundaries as definite as the prow, the stern, the sides, and bottom bound as a boat.” SidesObjectsBottomBoundsFinishedBoundariesBoatDefiniteFinishing Book:Selected Writings Source: Selected Writings
“The beautiful is and remains beautiful though it arouse no emotion whatever, and though there be no one to look at it. In other words, although the beautiful exists for the gratification of an observer, it is independent of him. In this sense music, too, has no aim (object), and the mere fact that this particular art is so closely bound up with our feelings by no means justifies the assumption that its aesthetic principles depend on this union.” LooksMeanArtFactsFeelingsBeautifulEmotionPrinciplesObjectsParticularDependsArt IsAimIndependentRemainsUnionsMereBoundsAssumptionJustifyAestheticObserversGratification Author:Eduard Hanslick
“It is the subjective world that rules the objective. Change the subject, and the object is bound to change; purify youreslf, and the world is bound to be purified.” WorldGrowthSubjectsObjectsBoundsObjectivesSubjective Book:Personality Development Source: Personality Development
“It is the veiled angel of sorrow who plucks away one thing and another that bound us here in ease and security, and, in the vanishing of these dear objects, indicates the true home of our affections and our peace.” HomeOne ThingSecurityObjectsSorrowAngelBoundsDearAffectionEasePluckVanishingTrue Home Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Pinball games were constrained by physical limitations, ultimately by the physical laws that govern the motion of a small metal ball. The video world knows no such bounds. Objects fly, spin, accelerate, change shape and color, disappear and reappear. Their behavior, like the behavior of anything created by a computer program, is limited only by the programmer's imagination. The objects in a video game are representations of objects. And a representation of a ball, unlike a real one, never need obey the laws of gravity unless its programmer wants it to.” KnowsWorldWantNeedsRealLawGamesImaginationObjectsColorShapesBehaviorComputerProgramBallsBoundsDisappearVideoLimitationMetalsGravityRepresentationProgrammersAccelerateReal OnesPinball Book:The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit Source: The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit
“Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.” WorldMeanBookIndividualCuttingObjectsDestructionBoundsBoundariesDigitalTranslationsPrintedFormatDiscrete Author:Tom Chatfield
“Yet I'm making a book and I'm going to care immensely about what words get bound in the pages, and I want the object to look good. I won't believe in it and it won't be real to me until there's a finished book I can hold.” WantBelieveLooksI CanBookRealCareObjectsPagesBoundsFinishedBeing Real Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life.” MenWellsHeartDoeSelfStrongRealizingWealthFailingSacrificeObjectsHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesPreparedBoundsAccomplishPreparationAcquireHeavenlyAnxiousSelf DisciplineBe PreparedShrinksUnwillingCrucifixionGreat PersonA Man ThinkethPersonal Sacrifice Author:James Allen
“The spirit of my home is entirely bound up in a quality of space. I have only the objects I need and nothing more. Empty space in which to think and relax is both stimulating and calming.” ThinkingNeedsHomeSpiritSpaceQualityObjectsEmptyBoundsRelaxCalmingEmpty Space Author:John Pawson