“Art is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on their souls. We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles around us.” ArtSoulMatterInspirationReligiousAttitudeEnvironmentSubjectsElementsDrawsArt IsMiracleAncestorTangibleSubject Matter Author:Umberto Boccioni
“A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed a relative autonomy in relation to the environment with which it is most immediately in contact.” PersonsEnvironmentSubjectsRelationContactRelativeAutonomyDistinguished Author:Emile Durkheim
“When you shoot on film, you don't know whether you've got it or not until you get the film processed, and so it changes the relationship we have with the subject whether it's a landscape or a person in a so-called controlled environment in a chair in a studio in front of you.” KnowsPersonsFilmEnvironmentSubjectsFrontsStudiosLandscapeChairsControlled Author:Bill Henson
“The inherent non-linearity of the digital allows for more input from others, including the subject and reader as collaborators. The top-down, bedtime-style story is of limited use. A non-linear narrative that allows for increased complexity and depth, and encourages both subject and reader to have greater involvement, will eventually emerge more fully from the digital environment. This, in a sense, is the more profound democratization of media.” StoriesUseEnvironmentGreaterSubjectsMediaStyleReaderProfoundDepthIncludingNarrativeComplexityDigitalInherentInvolvementLinearInputBedtimeCollaboratorsTop DownDemocratization Author:Fred Ritchin
“...realize in your daily life that 'matter' is merely an aggregation of protons and electrons subject entirely to the control of Mind; that your environment, your success, your happiness, are all of your own making... All wealth depends upon a clear understanding of the fact that mind- thought - is the only creator. The great business of life is thinking. Control your thoughts and you control circumstance.” ThinkingMindMatterFactsLife IsUnderstandingRealizingWealthClearEnvironmentSubjectsDependsCircumstancesCreatorDaily LifeOur EnvironmentElectronsGreat BusinessProtonMind Thoughts Author:Robert Collier
“Daily life is both the subject and environment of the work I am making.” Life IsEnvironmentSubjectsDaily Life Author:Camille Henrot