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Everyday Objects Quotes

The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives.

The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives.

Margaret Visser
Everyday Objects, Granted, Our Lives
Margaret Visser (2010). “Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Like Toy Story, the joke is all about exploring the secret world of these various everyday objects.

Seth Rogen
Everyday Objects, Secret, Stories
Source: munchies.vice.com

Art is continually working to take the crust of familiarity off everyday objects.

Rudolf Arnheim
Art, Everyday Objects, Familiarity

Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.

Gloria Steinem
Art, Expression, Everyday Objects
Gloria Steinem (2012). “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”, p.208, Open Road Media

We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them.

Anna Godbersen
Eye, Everyday Objects, Tree

The pace of digital innovation is astonishing. It's impossible to imagine life without the web, smartphones, social networks. And yet the consumer products and everyday objects all around us are still essentially dumb.

Andy Hobsbawm
Smartphones, Everyday Objects, Dumb

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