“I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic.” MenYearsFirstsHas BeensSaidDogMaterialsRedYears AgoCriticsExcellentMiceMy DogManuscripts Author:John Steinbeck
“Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that universities had played their part in computer design, and that the matter could now safely be left to industry. [...] Apart from the obvious functions of keeping in the public domain material that might otherwise be hidden, universities can make a special contribution by reason of their freedom from commercial considerations, including freedom from the need to follow the fashion.” NeedsYearsMatterReasonDoneMightLeftViewsSpecialFashionDesignMaterialsDevelopmentIndustryComputerYears AgoFunctionIncludingUniversityObviousContributionConsiderationDigitalEngineeringDomainPublic Domain Author:Maurice Wilkes
“All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star stuff.” YearsMadeStarsStuffBloodMaterialsRedYears AgoBillionsTeethGiantsIronGenesCarbonInteriorsMetallicCalcium Book:Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective Source: Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective
“My creative process isn't a long one, so I could have started a song 10 years ago and then finish it 10 years later. It's all just about pushing around words and melodies, for me. The material is kind of shape-shifting.” YearsKindLongSongProcessCreativeMaterialsShapesYears AgoPushingMelodyCreative ProcessShifting Author:Antony Hegarty
“I see everything as creative material. If I pick up a shell of a song that I wrote 10 years ago, all that matters is the reality of that material as it's living today.” IfsYearsMatterRealityTodaySongCreativeMaterialsPicksYears AgoShells Author:Antony Hegarty
“Nature's kind of clever, because it figured out millions of years ago that if you grow these fibers below a critical size, even if you have flaws in the material, it doesn't affect the strength.” IfsYearsKindGrowsNatureMillionsStrengthMaterialsYears AgoSizeCriticalCleverFlawsFiber Author:Asa Baber
“Hateful material travels the globe. A few years ago, CNN, America's Der Sturmer, ran a story about Black parents being so low down that they abandoned their children and the children had to eat rats. I was at a University in Wisconsin at the time and the mother of a student from South Africa called to see whether the story was true. She had seen it all the way over there. The story was untrue. The children lied. CNN never corrected the story.” WayYearsChildrenStoriesAmericaMotherParentBlackStudentsMaterialsLowsYears AgoSouthUniversityRanAbandonedSouth AfricaGlobesRatsLiedHatefulUntrueCnnWisconsin Author:Ishmael Reed
“I never, ever update Mark Twain. I don't modernize it. I let the audience update the material. When I go out on stage, I'm trying to make the audience believe they're looking at this guy who died 104 years ago and listening to him and saying to themselves, "Jesus, he could be talking about today." And that's the point.” TryingYearsBelieveTodayGuyJesusTalkingAudienceStageMaterialsListeningYears AgoMarkDiedThis GuyUpdates Author:Hal Holbrook
“You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come to terms with the fact that if a year has elapsed between LPs, that means one year's worth of changes. The material consequently is affected by that, the lyrics are affected by that... the music too.” PeopleIfsYearsMeanPersonsFactsThreeTermMaterialsYears AgoAffectedThree Years Author:Jimmy Page