Everyday Objects Quotes

• Art is continually working to take the crust of familiarity off everyday objects.

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  Rudolf Arnheim

  Art   Everyday Objects   Familiarity  

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• We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them.

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  Anna Godbersen

  Eye   Everyday Objects   Tree  

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• Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.

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  Gloria Steinem

  Art   Expression   Everyday Objects  

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”, p.208, Open Road Media

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• The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives.

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  Margaret Visser

  Everyday Objects   Granted   Our Lives  

  Margaret Visser (2010). “Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The pace of digital innovation is astonishing. It's impossible to imagine life without the web, smartphones, social networks. And yet the consumer products and everyday objects all around us are still essentially dumb.

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  Andy Hobsbawm

  Smartphones   Everyday Objects   Dumb  

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• Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects.

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  Fran Lebowitz

  Fun   Party   Science  

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.96, Vintage

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• Like Toy Story, the joke is all about exploring the secret world of these various everyday objects.

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  Seth Rogen

  Everyday Objects   Secret   Stories  

  Source: munchies.vice.com

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