Quotes by Representation Anything can be painted without representation. Agnes Martin representation In my work, we're not looking at an icon, we're not looking at a sign, we're not looking at a representation. We're looking at something. I do have this feeling of trust that people can read it for themselves. Amy Sillman representationfeelingspeople I've never read a book on shape. I've read books on gesture; I've read tons of books on color, surface, field, ground, representation, abstraction. But I've never read a book on what a shape is. Amy Sillman representationbook The world is my representation Arthur Schopenhauer representationworld Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change. Bertolt Brecht representationorderreality Gish was the best representation of where we were at the time. Billy Corgan representation ...things become mainstream when they become imaged over and over again. Something happens in relationship to ideas of representation that makes it more palatable or digestible. Catherine Opie mainstreamrepresentationideas There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae. Claude Simon representationrealreality Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture. Craig Owens foundingrepresentationculture We're highly adaptable and have developed some powerful systems of representation. Dale Jamieson adaptablerepresentationpowerful Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it. David Hockney depictionrepresentationphotography The desire of representation exists only insofar as the original is always deferred. It is only in the absence of the original that representation can take place. Douglas Crimp representationabsencedesire When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a grip on the thing by depicting it. Gerhard Richter representationeffortanalogies In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. Guy Debord accumulationrepresentationmodern All that once was directly lived has become mere representation. Guy Debord representationmere People learn who they are by the images of themselves, the representations that they seek. Harry Lennix representationpeople Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art. James Mangold representationrealityart The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation. Jeff Hawkins artificial-intelligencerepresentationkeys I feel just as creative focusing on just the sounds and getting the photographic representation of where the sounds should be. But it's all the same bag of bones for me. It's hard for me to compartmentalize production and engineering, and that's why I can't produce things unless I'm also recording. It's very tactile. I need my hands in the dirt. John Congleton representationbonescreative All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. John Green representationabstract12»
