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Henri Bergson Quote: “I see plainly how external images…”

I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body: they transmit movement to it.

October 15, 2021 1859, French, Henri Bergson, October 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Samuel P. Huntington Quote: “Finally, in my critique of the…”

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we’re not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.

August 15, 2021 1927, American, April 18, Quotes by Sociologists, Samuel P. Huntington

Daniel J. Boorstin Quote: “The force of the advertising word…”

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

July 27, 2021 1914, American, Daniel J. Boorstin, October 1, Quotes by Historians

John Sexton Quote: “I’ve never seen a surface that…”

I’ve never seen a surface that I think is more seductive in image making.

July 25, 2021 1942, American, John Sexton, Quotes by Educators, September 29

James G. Stavridis Quote: “Wikipedia, every day, is tens of…”

Wikipedia, every day, is tens of thousands of people inputting information, and every day millions of people withdrawing that information. It’s a perfect image for the fundamental point that no one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.

June 30, 2021 1955, American, February 15, James G. Stavridis, Quotes by Educators

John Sexton Quote: “So to me it’s very similar…”

So to me it’s very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image, those elements that are gonna form, hopefully, a compelling visual statement.

June 6, 2021 1942, American, John Sexton, Quotes by Educators, September 29

Gloria Steinem Quote: “If you ask men about their…”

If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she’ll tell you she looks worse.

May 25, 2021 1934, American, Gloria Steinem, March 25, Quotes by Activists

Neil MacGregor Quote: “Our collective memories are welcoming places…”

Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated elements of other traditions and aspirations in order to shape our communal remembering.

May 8, 2021 1946, British, June 16, Neil MacGregor, Quotes by Historians

Henri Bergson Quote: “When we make the cerebral state…”

When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves.

May 3, 2021 1859, French, Henri Bergson, October 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Christopher Lasch Quote: “Make it new is the message…”

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image.

April 30, 2021 1932, American, Christopher Lasch, June 1, Quotes by Historians

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