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“The Analytical Engine might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine… Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.”

“Below -60° cold will find the last microscopic touch of oil in an instrument and stop it dead. If there is the slightest breeze, you can hear your breath freeze as it floats away, making a sound like that of Chinese firecrackers. As does the morning dew, rime coats every exposed object. And if you work too hard and breathe too deeply, your lungs will sometimes feel as if they were on fire.”

Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure

“As, in Sense, that which is really within us, is (as I have said before) only Motion, caused by the action of external objects, but in appearance; to the Sight, Light and Color; to the Ear, Sound; to the Nostril, Odor, &c.”

Said Light Action Sound Objects Color Ears Sight Appearance Odor Light And Color

Book:The Ethics of Hobbes: As Contained in Selections from His Works

Source: The Ethics of Hobbes: As Contained in Selections from His Works

“Our ancestors, when about to build a town or an army post, sacrificed some of the cattle that were wont to feed on the site proposed and examined their livers. If the livers of the first victims were dark-coloured or abnormal, they sacrificed others, to see whether the fault was due to disease or their food. They never began to build defensive works in a place until after they had made many such trials and satisfied themselves that good water and food had made the liver sound and firm, healthfulness being their chief object.”

Ifs Firsts Made Sound Water Dark Objects Disease Army Towns Victim Faults Dues Trials Satisfied Chiefs Posts Firm Ancestor Site Cattle Liver Abnormal

Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“I like the idea of the object, the relic. And I see it as a time machine too or a device you plug into a socket that activates a sound and light show.”

Ideas Shows Light Sound Objects Machines Devices Plugs Relics Activate Time Machine

Author:Anne Waldman

“All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and this reproduction bores me. What interests me is the interpretation of life by an artist. The personality of the film maker interests me more than the copy of an object.”

Film Artist Sound Interest Perfect Objects Personality Photography Screens Interpretation Copies Makers Mediocrity Bores Discouraging Reproduction Refinement

Author:Jean Renoir

“The Beautiful arises from the perceived harmony of an object, whether sight or sound, with the inborn and constitutive rules of the judgment and imagination: and it is always intuitive.”

Beautiful Sound Imagination Objects Judgment Sight Harmony Arise Intuitive

Book:Miscellanies, æsthetic and literary: to which is added The theory of life, collected and arranged by T. Ashe

Source: Miscellanies, æsthetic and literary: to which is added The theory of life, collected and arranged by T. Ashe

“If your wife briefly corrects someone with "Actually, I'm bisexual" during conversation, it hardly sounds like attempting to remain an object of desire to me. If she went around saying, "Actually, I'm still very interested in men, particularly you, you massive dose of sexual charisma," you might have a case.”

Ifs Men Stills Might Desire Sound Cases Wife Objects Conversation Massive Attempting Dose Charisma Bisexual Objects Of Desire

Author:Mallory Ortberg

“I don't like to treat words and sounds like objects. You have to penetrate deeply into their meaning.”

Sound Objects Treats Penetrate

Author:Eyvind Kang

“Understanding one another means that objects, including sounds, have the same value for both with respect to carrying on a common pursuit.”

Mean Values Understanding Sound Common Objects Including Pursuit Carrying On

Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors

Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors

“I've never played a character that is just beautiful, but sometimes you can read scripts that sound so shallow, like women are objects. I've never done something like that, though.”

Sometimes Done Character Beautiful Sound Objects Scripts Shallow

Author:Eva Green

“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.”

Firsts Littles Made Ends Used Sound Pieces Objects Boxes Contact Apples Tape Tubes Filters Microphones Recorders Mics Amplify Bathtubs Sears Reverberation

Author:Pauline Oliveros