“To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate.” TryingManipulationToysManipulateOf Context Author:Susan Stewart
“I'm not just interested in the pictorial aspects of the landscape - see a pretty place and try to paint it - but in some way to manage it, manipulate it, or see what I can turn it into.” WayTryingI CanTurnsAspectPaintManageLandscapeManipulationManipulatePictorialPretty Places Author:Wayne Thiebaud