Material Change Quotes

Science, which has transformed the material world, gives man the power of transforming himself.

As a community organizer who holds a degree in history, I understand the fascination with history. However, there is a tendency for many of us to get engrossed in the recounting of our history, which often amounts to purely intellectual activity without material action.

Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.

Changes take place, not independent of man's will, but on account of man's wills. Civilization has progressed by man's interference with material conditions.

The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: "booze affects material as it does people.

One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

There are so many details in a movie that it's amazing how much work you'll do to change what adds up to not that much material.

Great revolutions are the work rather of principles than of bayonets, and are achieved first in the moral, and afterwards in the material sphere.

One thing I believe completely is that the human heart remains the human heart, no matter how our material circumstances change as we move together through time.

Thoughts and ideas are not phantoms. They are real things. Although intangible and immaterial, they are factors in bringing about changes in the realm of tangible and material things.

I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus.

The stains could be seen only in the sunlight, so Ruth was never really aware of them until later, when she would stop at an outdoor cafe for a cup of coffee, and look down at her skirt and see the dark traces of spilled vodka or whiskey. The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: 'booze affects material as it does people'.