“In one sense 'there are' both universals and material objects, in another sense there is no such thing as either: statements about each can usually be analysed, but not always, nor always without remainder.” ObjectsMaterialsStatements Author:J. L. Austin
“Our initial sensory data are always "first derivatives," statements about differences which exist among external objects or statements about changes which occur either in them or in our relationship to them. Objects and circumstances which remain absolutely constant relative to the observer, unchanged either by his own movement or by external events, are in general difficult and perhaps always impossible to perceive. What we perceive easily is difference and change and difference is a relationship.” FirstsDifficultDifferencesImpossibleEventsMovementObjectsCircumstancesConstantStatementsDataPerceiveRelativeOur RelationshipObserversInitialsSensoryDerivatives Book:Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry Source: Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry
“The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between various objects. The goal of a proof is to make such a statement convincing by presenting a reasoning subdivided into small steps each of which is justified as an "elementary" convincing argument.” StatesGoalStepsObjectsArgumentMathematicsPropertyDefinitionsVariousProofStatementsMathematicalReasoningIntroducingJustifiedConvincingPresentingTheoremsSmall Steps Author:IU?. I. Manin
“It is commonplace that a problem stated is well on its way to solution, for statement of the nature of a problem signifies that the underlying quality is being transformed into determinate distinctions of terms and relations or has become an object of articulate thought.” WayWellsProblemTermQualityObjectsSolutionsRelationStatementsDistinctionTransformedCommonplace Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930
“My image is a statement of the symbols of the harsh, impersonal products and brash materialistic objects on which America is built today. It is a projection of everything that can be bought and sold, and practical but impermanent symbols that sustain us.” TodayAmericaObjectsProductsBuiltPracticalsStatementsSymbolsHarshProjectionMaterialisticBrash Book:Andy Warhol Source: Andy Warhol
“The debut show, “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary,” is supposed to be about how artists reuse humble or unusual materials. There’s good work here, but much of what’s on view is actually more about obsession and repetition: a couch made out of 3,500 quarters, a necklace composed of 100 handgun triggers. The building, too, seems caught between wanting to be an object of decorative delectation and making an architectural statement.” ArtMadeShowsSeemsArtistViewsDesignObjectsBuildingMaterialsOrdinaryCaughtHumbleStatementsObsessionSupposed To BeMuseumsUnusualQuartersGood WorkRepetitionTriggersCouchesDebutNecklacesHandgunsReuse Author:Jerry Saltz