“Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits result from the transformation of matter in form, location, or availability (intellectually or temporally). It is these transformations that create economic benefits valued by consumers, and whoever arranges such transformations contributes to the value of things, whether his hands actually come into contact with physical objects or not.” MenDoeMatterHandsFormValuesProcessResultsEconomicObjectsMaterialsBenefitsTransformationProductionsHandleContactProducersConsumersLocationAvailability Author:Thomas Sowell
“There is only one right way to draw... physical contact with all sorts of objects through all the senses.” WayObjectsDrawsDrawingSensesContactRight Way Book:The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Source: The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study
“Merely to see... is not enough. It is necessary to have a fresh, vivid, physical contact with the object you draw through as many of the senses as possible - and especially through the sense of touch.” EnoughObjectsDrawsSensesContactVivid Book:The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Source: The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study
“Man never ceases to seek knowledge about the objects of his experiences, to understand their meaning for his existence and to react to them according to his understanding. Finally, out of the sum total of the meanings that he has deduced from his contacts with numerous single objects of his environment there grows a unified view of the world into which he finds himself "thrown" (to use an existentialist term again) and this view is of the third order.” MenWorldUseOrderGrowsUnderstandingTermViewsExistenceEnvironmentAtheismObjectsThirdsPositive AtheismCeaseContactThrownUnifiedExistentialist Author:Paul Watzlawick
“In contact with materials, I can see so much more with my hands than I can just with my eyes. I'm a participant, not a spectator. I see myself both as an object and a material, and the human presence is really important to the landscapes in which I work.” HumansI CanImportantHandsEyeObjectsMaterialsContactLandscapeSpectatorsParticipants Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“An echo is a good way to describe the photogram, which is a visual echo of the real object. That's why I like to work with the photogram, because the contact with what is represented is actual. It's as if the border between the world and the print is osmotic.” IfsWorldWayRealObjectsContactBordersVisualsPrintEchoesGood Way Author:Adam Fuss
“My first tape piece was made with that Sears Roebuck recorder. I modified sound using cardboard tubes with a microphone in the end to filter the sound. I had a wooden apple box with a Piezo [contact] mic and little objects that I could amplify on the box. I used the bathtub for reverberation.” FirstsLittlesMadeEndsUsedSoundPiecesObjectsBoxesContactApplesTapeTubesFiltersMicrophonesRecordersMicsAmplifyBathtubsSearsReverberation Author:Pauline Oliveros