“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man” MenShouldFirstsMeanMomentsFormSpiritNextForeverPiecesTreeStyleDesignObjectsProduceUniversalFunctionUnionsMeetingsEdgesWoodsRelateAppealsEvolveBoardsInvitesGrainFurnitureLive ForeverReceptiveDiscardedTransitoryCraftsmanSuccess Or FailureTree Of LifeArtisansWoodworking Author:George Nakashima
“Except for the violin pieces and a few of my orchestra pieces, all of my works from the Passacaglia on relate to the death of my mother.” MotherPiecesRelateOrchestraViolin Author:Anton Webern
“There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent. The one thing coplanar with music is the compositional aspect, the fact that you are composing something. Architecture is essentially a score, and what happens with it depends on the people who play it, enjoy it, use it, or hate it.” PeopleWorldPlayFactsUseHappensHateEnjoyPiecesOne ThingDependsMusic IsAspectIndependentArchitectureRelateScoreComposing Author:Rafael Vinoly
“The micro-compositions are the pieces themselves, but the macro-composition is the whole set of them and how it moves from track to track and how the titles relate to one another, for example. Always when I do records like this of a selection of instrumental pieces - the titles, to me, are very important.” ImportantWholeMovingRecordsPiecesExampleTrackRelateTitlesCompositionSelectionMacro Author:Brian Eno
“I don't think that the problems or the issues relate to any single piece of legislation. I think that they really do relate to the mindset that after eight years is pretty deeply embedded. It is not going to be easy to reverse itself.” ThinkingYearsProblemEasyIssuesPiecesEightMindsetRelateReverseLegislationEmbedded Author:Ted Gup
“I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.” WritingFirstsKindLittlesI CanCharacterMightFilmEnergyBitsLinesPiecesCoupleScenePaperThirdsCalmRelateOne PieceOne Line Author:Guy Pearce
“If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not therapy - it's supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.” IfsWayWantWritingTryingStoriesProblemAudiencePiecesDrawsEntertainmentSupposed To BeRelateTherapy Author:Matt Damon