Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

I don't belong to any social network, and I don't even message much. In fact, most of the time, I don't even use my mobile phone.

I'm not really a child of this '120 TV channels, a billion websites' era. I tried to live that for a long time but recently realized I don't get anything from it. I told myself it was luxury, but it was really only annoying. I'd rather just watch the same 50 movies over and over.

I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.

I don't tweet, Twitter, email, Facebook, look book, no kind of book. I have a land line phone at my home - that's the only phone I have. If my phone rang every day like everyone else around me, I would lose my mind.

I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.

I deliberately keep myself apart from a lot of stuff; I don't Tweet, I don't do Facebook, I don't blog, and that's largely because I spend my working life staring at a screen and hitting a keyboard, I am trying to cut down on that, not increase it.

On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other.

I don't watch TV. I don't use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.

I don't even have a TV.

I'm trying to call more and text less. I don't want to check my phone 5,000 times a day anymore. It was getting to me. I'm bringing 'old' back.

I don't listen to music. I don't watch television, I don't read.

I don't watch TV or movies or play video games.

I do like to get away from technology. I still read a lot. Having said that, most of my reading is on computers or a Kindle or an iPad.

You can't spend your whole life in front of a screen.

People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.

I'm all for information diets, which are helpful for the mood and for the art.

My goal is a tech-free Saturday.

We're very tech light in our house.

I'm actually a big fan of turning off my phone and ignoring it for large chunks of the day.

Please watch a little less television. Maybe post a few less comments about the lunch you had today.

I lost my phone and I just really didn't look for it. It was the nicest feeling, like six weeks. ... A couple of times I needed to use a telephone, and I was always able to touch someone that had a telephone and say, "Hey, can I use your phone? May I please?" And they'd say, "Sure." And that was it! So it was OK, it was a real vacation. I took a real vacation from myself.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

Why do we feel the need to disconnect in order to connect?

Throw the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do.