“With my work I attempt to help man to overcome his alienation; I do this by surrounding his daily life with objects, which confront him in a tactile way with the final and deepest problems of our existence. I want the means that I employ to create the necessary stimulus to be as direct as possible. Instead of giving a sermon on humility, I often prefer to depict humility itself.” MenWayWantGivingMeanHelpingProblemExistenceObjectsHumilityDirectOvercomingFinalsDaily LifeSermonsAlienationStimulusTactile Author:Antoni Tapies
“It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal -- their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction.” DifferentSpiritPurposeChristImpossibleObjectsEternalDestructionFinalsEternal LifeExaltation Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“Because they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all idolatries, addiction taps this vital spiritual force and draws off its energies to objects and processes that drain the addict instead of fulfilling him.” HumansLongSpiritualEnergyForceProcessHuman BeingsObjectsDrawsAddictionFinalsBelieverFulfillmentFulfillingWholenessAddictDrainsIdolatry Author:Cornelius Plantinga
“I just see myself as an object in the final image. I know I'm experiencing it when I'm there working on it. I'm there to be worked with, as anything else that I work with.” KnowsObjectsFinals Author:Andy Goldsworthy