“I aim to create furniture that appears in a room as buildings on a skyline and reminds the viewer of the interaction between objects of design and architectural space.” SpaceRoomsDesignObjectsBuildingAimInteractionViewersFurnitureSkylines Author:Gae Aulenti
“[C]ouches and chairs covered in scratches aim away from one another, making it possible for a dozen people to sit in this room at once and not have to talk to one other person, which is a miracle in furniture arrangement.” PeoplePersonsRoomsMiracleAimChairsCoveredDozenArrangementsFurnitureScratchesOuch Author:Nova Ren Suma
“I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub. That's as funny as you get, and so the aim [while stand-up] is to get that funny on stage with 5,000 strangers, to get that funny in a room where people shouldn't be listening but they are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsRoomsKnownStageListeningAimStrangerComedianPubs Author:Ricky Gervais
“I'm now painting with all the elan of a Marseillais eating soup, which won't surprise you when I tell you I'm painting large sunflowers. The idea? To decorate the studio, now there's hope of Gauguin living here. I aim at a dozen panels of sunflowers in the room I've set aside for Gauguin.” IdeasRoomsPaintingEatingAimSurpriseStudiosDozenSoupSunflower Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“In a milieu of resignation, where the young men think of society as a closed room in which there are no values but the rejected rat race, ... it is extremely hard to aim at objective truth or world culture. One's own products are likely to be personal or parochial.” ThinkingMenWorldHardYoungValuesCultureRoomsRaceProductsAimObjectivesYoung ManRejectedRatsResignationRat RaceMilieuObjective Truth Author:Paul Goodman