Misc Quotes

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>> Bran Ferrin
"Storytellers know what other people don't, that our brains more easily comprehend information when it is part of a meaningful narrative -- a story whose outcome matters to us."
c/o "Future Shoes" by Michael Finley


Oct 5, 2000
>> Fiber Arts International / American Crafts Council
"Fiberart is a term used to define art made in flexible materials or works constructed using textile techniques. The objects may be flat or sculptural. The materials may be natural or man made. Historically, tapestry was the original form of fiberart. Later quilts came to be defined as creative expressions. Recently, basketry techniques have been recognized as a means to producefine art. Fiberart objects are primarily post-war, usually non-functional an always one of a kind; however, as in painting and sculpture, they may be part of an artist's series of exploration."


1/27/01 12:43
>> George Turner
"A thing can be told simply if the teller understands it properly."
p.92 Net Force: Hidden Agendas, Clancy, Tom & Steve Pieczenik


date unknown
>> Michael Moschen
Smithsonian Aug 95 p.47c
"Don't just do the stuff that's already out there," Moschen tells him, "or you'll just be a mirror. Try to find the humanity in the magic and maybe you'll come up with something of your own. It's the humanity that gets you there, not techniques."


> 99.01.06 Ideal Gadget
What would be your ideal gadget?
"My ideal gadget would be something like the Nokia 9000i Communicator, but with satellite phone capability, T1 bandwidth for data, a 400MHz Pentium II processor, a bright color screen, a bulit-in GPS, a nicer keyboard, a digital videocamera with zoom, and a swappablePC card hard drive. Maybe in a few years..."
-- Graham Spencer, CTO Excite Equip Dec 98 p. 86


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