Gil J Wolman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Whatever prestige the bourgeoisie may today be willing to grant to fragmentary or deliberately retrograde artistic tentatives, creation can now be nothing less than a synthesis aiming at the construction of entire atmospheres and styles of life. . . . A unitary urbanism â€” the synthesis we call for, incorporating arts and technologies â€” must be created in accordance with new values of life, values which we now need to distinguish and disseminate. . . .
-- Gil J Wolman

#Art #Technology #Atmosphere
The Literary and Artistic heritage of humanity should be used for partisan propaganda purposes.
-- Gil J Wolman

#Humanity #Purpose #Heritage
A unitary urbanism â€” the synthesis of art and technology that we call for â€” must be constructed according to certain new values of life, values which now need to be distinguished and disseminated.
-- Gil J Wolman

#Art #Technology #Needs
A unitary urbanism — the synthesis of art and technology that we call for — must be constructed according to certain new values of life, values which now need to be distinguished and disseminated.
-- Gil J Wolman

#Art #Technology #Synthesis

The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.
Has it led you to the conclusion that photography is an art ? Or it is simply a means of recording ? "I'm glad you asked that. I've been wanting to say this for years. Is cooking an art ? Is talking an art ? Is even painting an art ? It is artfulness that makes art, not the medium itself. Of course photography is an art - when it is in the hands of artists."
An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity, and maybe even an obligation, to maintain [our] humanity and tell some amazing stories.
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.
Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It;s well, it's magic.
A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere.
I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes, the lack of direct human discourse, all in an atmosphere of scam and hustle.
Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.

Gil J Wolman famous quotes

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