“What we hope for from the artist is help in discovering the significance of a place. In this sense we would choose in most respects for thirty minutes with Edward Hopper’s painting Sunday Morning to thirty minutes on the street that was his subject; with Hopper’s vision we see more.” HelpingArtistVisionMorningStreetsMinutesSubjectsPaintingPhotographerThirtySundaySignificanceDiscoveringSunday Morning Author:Robert Adams
“Woman is the symbol to man of the uncleanness of bodily existence, of which he purifies himself by putting her to noble uses. She thus has for him a double, contradictory significance; she is the subject of his bawdry and the subject of his romance.” MenUseRomanceExistenceSubjectsNobleSymbolsSignificanceContradictory Author:Laura Riding
“The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance in the finished product. The subject is of no aesthetic significance.” ShouldFirstsMayArtistSubjectsProductsImportanceFinishedSignificanceAesthetic Author:John French Sloan
“In all matters but particularly in architecture, that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives significance is a demonstration on scientific principles. One who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions.” GivingShouldWellsMayMatterPrinciplesSubjectsArchitectureSignificanceArchitectDemonstration Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“There are few subjects that match the social significance of women's education in the contemporary world.” WorldSocialSubjectsContemporarySignificanceWomen's Education Author:Amartya Sen