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• The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter.

  Carl Gustav Hempel

  Math, Information, Matter

  Carl Gustav Hempel (2001). “The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel: Studies in Science, Explanation, and Rationality”, p.13, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• As I considered the matter carefully it gradually came to light that all those matters only were referred to mathematics in which order and measurements are investigated, and that it makes no difference whether it be in numbers, figures, stars, sounds or any other object that the question of measurement arises. I saw consequently that there must be some general science to explain that element as a whole which gives rise to problems about order and measurement, restricted as these are to no special subject matter. This, I perceived was called 'universal mathematics'.

  Rene Descartes

  Stars, Science, Light

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• As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line.

  Leonard Cohen

  Men, Lines, Matter

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• I have a Master's Degree in photography as a fine art, and I would call my work primarily conceptual. I don't carry cameras with me wherever I go. I get an idea of a subject matter I want to deal with and I pull out my cameras.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Photography, Art, Inspiration

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.

  Carter Burwell

  Matter, Towns, Los Angeles

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• If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life. Complain to yourself, Lament that you are not poet enough to call up its wealth.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Everyday, Matter, Complaining

  Rainer Maria Rilke (2010). “Letters to a Young Poet”, p.12, New World Library

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• Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away.

  Anish Kapoor

  Matter, Far Away, Consideration

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• I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.

  Roy Lichtenstein

  Interesting, Tree, Pumps

  Roy Lichtenstein, John Caplans (1968). “Roy Lichtenstein: Exhibition 6 Jan.-4 Feb. 1968, Tate Gallery, London ...”

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• I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

  Jack Prelutsky

  Groups, Matter, Draws

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• There are basically only two subject matters in all Western culture: sex and death. We do have some ability to manipulate sex nowadays. We have no ability, and never will have, to manipulate death.

  Peter Greenaway

  Sex, Two, Western Culture

  Peter Greenaway, Vernon W. Gras (2000). “Peter Greenaway: Interviews”, p.114, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting.

  Jerry Saltz

  Artist, Males, Female

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• Song: Heloise and Abelard by Elizabeth Devlin. Beyond the a propros subject matter, this lady can really play the Autoharp. This song sounds like something you'd find on a gramophone record.

  Lauren Groff

  Song, Play, Sound

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• The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. They're all cliche and already told.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Color, Skills

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• I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written.

  James Rollins

  Morning, Procrastination, Thinking

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• It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture a moment that people can't always see.

  Harry Callahan

  Photography, People, Matter

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• Tech Jacket shares the same tone as Invincible, but the subject matter is very different. Where Invincible is about perfection, Tech Jacket is about flaws.

  Robert Kirkman

  Technology, Perfection, Different

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• I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.

  Midge Ure

  Writing, Atmosphere, Musical

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• Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.

  Pope Paul VI

  Change, Men, Technology

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• The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God.

  Katy Perry

  Song, Matter, Firsts

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• I’m always interested in films that are about extreme subject matters.

  Nicole Kidman

  Matter, Film, Extremes

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Sep 08, 2016

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• What are your goals? Where are you going? Why are you here? What are you? Scientology has answers to these questions, good answers that are true, answers that work for you. For the subject matter of Scientology is you.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Goal, Answers, Matter

  L. Ron Hubbard (1976). “Scientology, a New Slant on Life”, p.3, Bridge Publications, Inc.

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• The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

  Quintilian

  Character, Mind, Vices

  Quintilian (1953). “The Instituto Oratoria of Quintilian”

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• I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings.

  Tom Wesselmann

  People, Care, Matter

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• In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

  Matthew Kelly

  Focus, Ego, Matter

  Matthew Kelly (2005). “The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• My advice to women is the same advice I would give to any young man trying to make it in the business of making film: Engage your fans and turn your fans into your community. Realize that we all have failures and can turn those failures into successes through tenacity and through being open to changing. Stick to your story, and choose subject matter that is close to you, touches your heart and your agenda in life, listen carefully and don't give up. Don't sacrifice your vision. Be open but don't sacrifice - for anything, actually.

  Ondi Timoner

  Giving Up, Heart, Don't Give Up

  Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. October 6, 2015.

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