October 6, 2008 | art, quotes
An artwork is something that creates a gap in the meaning, that is attractive for the viewer to fill themselves. The subject succeeds when people are questioned by it, they have to construct the meaning, they have to participate in the creation of the sense of the work. - Michel De Broin (VoCA)
September 14, 2008 | art, quotes
We humans are full of experiences and feelings that do not, or not completely, allow themselves to be converted into language. In order to understand them, we have art. - Arjen Mulder (Interact or Die, 2007)
Science is like art. It’s like the thing that wakes you up and shows you a different perspective on important things. - Alan Kay (Squeakers, 2002)
The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds. - Theo Jansen
All art is experimental, or it isn’t art. - Gene Youngblood
While great art makes you wonder, great design makes things clear. - John Maeda (The Laws of Simplicity, 2006)
August 23, 2007 | quotes
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
May 6, 2007 | quotes
No thinking, just happy. - Takashi Murakami (Kobra, 2007)
December 5, 2006 | art, quotes
Art is supposed to take you out of your chair. It’s supposed to move you from one space to another. - Bob Dylan (Playboy, 1966).
November 28, 2006 | quotes
If people have so little time to digest their culture then why take the time to make things that last? - Tom Sherman