“It is possible that a picture will move far away from Nature and yet find its way back to reality. The faculty of memory, experience at a distance produces pictorial associations.” WayRealityMovingMemoriesProduceDistanceFacultyAssociationFar AwayPictorialBack To Reality Book:Paul Klee notebooks Source: Paul Klee notebooks
“We may produce at will, from a sending station. an electrical effect in any particular region of the globe; we may determine the relative position or course of a moving object, such as a vessel at sea, the distance traversed by the same, or its speed.” MayMovingCoursesSeaEffectsPositionObjectsProduceParticularDistanceDetermineSpeedRegionsStationsRelativeGlobesVesselElectrical Book:My Inventions: And Other Writings Source: My Inventions: And Other Writings
“We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. They have to get on a bus and take a long ride to get to a source of fresh produce.” PeopleKnowsLongCitiesProduceSourceDistanceStoresDesertBusGroceriesGrocery StoresInner CitySuppliers Author:Michael Pollan
“The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man will have over matter, a few hundred years from now. We may learn how to remove gravity from large masses, and float them over great distances. Agriculture will double its produce with less labor. All diseases will surely be cured... even old age. If only the moral sciences could be improved as well. Perhaps men would cease to be wolves to one another... and human beings could learn to be human.” IfsMenYearsHumansWellsMayMatterAgeBornHuman BeingsMoralImagineProgressProduceDiseaseMassHundredLaborDistanceSorryCeaseOld AgeRemoveGravityAgricultureFloatsRapids Author:Benjamin Franklin