"The objects we possess ... They tell us things about ourselves that we need to hear in order to keep ourselves from falling apart."
–– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021), Hungarian-American psychologist and author
Source: Austin Kleon newsletter, May 14, 2024
"We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we think with."
–– Sherry Turkle (b. 1948), American sociologist, professor, author
Source: Sherry Turkle. Evocative Objects., 2007 via Austin Kleon newsletter, May 14, 2024
"Ed nodded. "My father was killed in a car accident before I was born. He was a trumpet player. When I got old enough, I used to spend hours with his old trumpet. Holding something he had held was the only way I know to bring him close.""
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. A Killing Spring. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994, p. 76.
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2018 e, 2018, p. 6.
"Beauty lies not in objects, but in the interaction between the shadow and the light created by objects."
– Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965), Japanese Author
Source: In Praise of Shadows, 1933.
via: Sketchbook 22, 2013, p. 46.
