What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. Votes: 4
John BergerThere is no architect Can build as the Muse can; She is skilful to select Materials for her plan. Votes: 4
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action. Votes: 2
Chiang Kai-shekIn the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed. Votes: 2
Henry David ThoreauMost of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. Votes: 2
Willa CatherFilm will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. Votes: 2
Jean CocteauA claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. Votes: 2
Friedrich August von HayekSurprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity. Votes: 0
Gueorgui PinkhassovMany of the poems weave autobiographical elements with fabular or mythic materials. Votes: 0
Anna JourneyI always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials. Votes: 0
Nancy HoranI have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions. Votes: 0
Zaha HadidThe humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven. Votes: 0
Frederick William RobertsonArt is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world. Votes: 0
Gwendolyn BrooksThe activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration. Votes: 0
Mervyn LevyThe perfumer fakes nature by blending different types of materials to reproduce their scent. Votes: 0
Francis KurkdjianNo design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood Votes: 0
Ludwig Mies van der RoheBring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme. Votes: 0
Frank Lloyd WrightThe artist yields often to the stimuli of materials that will transmit his spirit. Votes: 0
Odilon RedonHowever much [photographs] may lie, they do so with the raw materials of truth. Votes: 0
Wright MorrisThe sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. Votes: 0
Ernest HemingwayYour strengths are the raw materials that God needs to make your dreams happen. Votes: 0
Bidemi Mark-MordiCreative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form. Votes: 0
Stephen NachmanovitchGlass is the most magical of all materials. It transmits light in a special way. Votes: 0
Dale ChihulyThe right raw materials can...double or triple the protective power of the immune system, Votes: 0
Joel FuhrmanSoil is an almost magical substance, a living system that transforms the materials it encounters Votes: 0
George MonbiotThe right raw materials can... double or triple the protective power of the immune system. Votes: 0
Joel FuhrmanEach undervalues that part of the materials of thought with which he is not familiar. Votes: 0
John Stuart MillWood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials. Votes: 0
Frank Lloyd WrightUse unlikely materials. Who would choose Pnin as hero, but how did we live before Pnin? Votes: 0
Vladimir NabokovI love it when people can actually engage with the materials of the sacrament in advance. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisI don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK. Votes: 0
John DarnielleThe prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them. Votes: 0
Charles E. WilsonCosts of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labour. Votes: 0
Charles E. WilsonA likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union. Votes: 0
Lee H. HamiltonOur most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India. Votes: 0
Mark TwainArt is an evolution of techniques and materials from past to present and we can't stop learning. Votes: 0
Robert WarrenStyle in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors. Votes: 0
James EllisWhen a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials. Votes: 0
Yoshio TaniguchiIt is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work. Votes: 0
Joshua ReynoldsThe materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference. Votes: 0
EpictetusFor me, all the materials and objects I employ come from a specific space that's very personal. Votes: 0
Rashid JohnsonHistory is neither a prison nor a museum, nor is it a set of materials for self-congratulation. Votes: 0
Alasdair MacIntyreI can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. Votes: 0
Andy GoldsworthyPeaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonThe boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThe materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions. Votes: 0
Daniel WebsterOne of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S. Votes: 0
Charles E. AllenThere can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention... Votes: 0
Joshua ReynoldsI had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer. Votes: 0
Mindy KalingMost of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world. Votes: 0
Patricia PiccininiWriting a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. Votes: 0
James BoswellA book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand. Votes: 0
Geraldine BrooksPlease DO waste art materials. Use paper. Empty paint jars. Deplete pens. if it's teaching you stuff, it's not being wasted. Votes: 3 Danny Gregory
The environmentalists say capitalism is killing our oceans, air, land, and forests. Capitalists argue that they provide food, fuel, and building materials for a growing world. Votes: 4 Robert Kiyosaki
Tolkien seems to me reactionary, conservative, fearful of a modern world. Fearful of anything that isn't sanctioned by the passage of long eons of time. I think what I'm doing in His Dark Materials is politically the reverse of that. Votes: 4 Philip Pullman
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general. Votes: 1 Gottfried Leibniz
The depressing thing about battery technology is that it gets better, but it gets better slowly. There are a whole bunch of problems in materials science and chemistry that come in trying to make existing batteries better. Votes: 4 Nathan Myhrvold
Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty. Votes: 1 Kevin McCloud
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. Votes: 3 John Berger
I call upon governments to start supporting companies to use more sustainable materials in their products instead of continuing with antiquated incentives, such as import duties on synthetic materials that are in principle much higher compared with those placed on leather goods regardless of the environmental footprint. Votes: 3 Jochen Zeitz
Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs. Votes: 3 Robert Reich
SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget. Votes: 1 Gary Wolf