“So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go.” WayAbleFormRecordsPaperComputerConnectionsStructureMediums Author:Ted Nelson
“Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.” DifferentWould BeNextRecordsPerformancesMediumsCopiesAllowingDocuments Author:Christian Marclay
“Radio is a wonderful medium, but the clock is very unforgiving, and the discussion of this matter included in the interview as originally recorded had to be cut to fit the allotted time. I am happy to provide this elaboration to correct the record.” MatterRecordsCuttingWonderfulFitRadioMediumsClockDiscussionInterviewsUnforgiving Author:Jack Miles
“I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.” BelieveForceI BelieveEmotionRecordsMastersPaintIntellectMediumsPainterCanvasUnwillingBelive Book:Hopper in Paris: June 23-September 19, 1993, collection in context Source: Hopper in Paris: June 23-September 19, 1993, collection in context
“If you view computer designers as artists, they're really into more of an art form that can be mass-produced, like records, or like prints, than they are into fine arts. They want something where they can express themselves to a large number of people through their medium, and their medium is technology and manufacturing.” PeopleIfsWantArtFormArtistViewsNumbersTechnologyRecordsFineComputerMassMediumsDesignerPrintWant SomethingManufacturingFine ArtsLarge Numbers Author:Steve Jobs
“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature... The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” FilmBlackWhiteRecordsEventsUglyMediumsUncomfortableExcitementBlack And WhiteNastySignatures Author:Brian Eno