“When a painter is working he is aware of the means which are available to him - these include his materials, the style he inherits, the conventions he must obey, his prescribed or freely chosen subject matter - as constituting both an opportunity and a restraint.” MeanMatterOpportunityChallengesSubjectsStyleMaterialsAvailableChosenPainterConventionsRestraintSubject Matter Book:Sense of Sight Source: Sense of Sight
“Now that our sexual experience is increasingly available to us as a subject for contemplation, we have to extend our language to express our new consciousness until we have as many words for sexuality as the Eskimo has for snow, that pervasive, beautiful, and mortal climate in which we all live.” BeautifulLanguageSexConsciousnessSubjectsClimateAvailableSexualitySnowMortalsContemplation Book:Outlander Source: Outlander
“When you're sending emails, you live and die by your subject line. Making it personal or funny can increase your open rate 10 times or more. At the very least, try to pitch some value rather than pointless bragging. 'Work Faster!' is better than 'Version 10.4 now available!'” TryingValuesDiesLinesSubjectsIncreaseRateAvailableVersionsFasterEmailPointlessBragging Author:John Wall
“Even a fellow with a camera has his favourite subjects, as we can see looking through the Kodak-albums of our friends. One amateur prefers the family group, another bathing scenes, another cows upon an alp, or kittens held upside down in the arms of a black-faced child. The tendency to choose one subject rather than another indicates the photographer's temperament. Nevertheless, his passion is for photography rather than for selection, a kitten will serve when no cows are available.” ChildrenPassionBlackGroupsSubjectsArmsScenePhotographyCamerasFellowsPhotographerAlbumsAvailableTendenciesCowsFavouriteNeverthelessSelectionTemperamentUpside DownKittenBathingAlpsKodak Author:E. M. Forster
“To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes to become the photograph.” Has BeensArtSubjectsPhotographyTransformationDepthPhotographAvailableSpectators Author:Michael Snow