Sunday, March 7, 2010

Junkyard Quotes 1-5, Week 9

"In Tom Piper’s suggestive set, the island is a circle of white sand in the middle of a light-blue stage floor, a space that stands out against the behemoth terra-cotta back wall onto which the actors’ long shadows are projected like gargantuan ghosts."
-John Lahr, Big Magic, The New Yorker

"A sculpture's instruments find second homes."
-tagline for article, Tools, The New Yorker


"By 1899, Tesla was able to power 200 light bulbs using one electric motor 26 miles away."
-everythingishistory.com

"The quantum wave can split in two and recombine, like ripples flowing around a stump in a pond."
-sciencemag.org

"It seems like a hell of a time for us to smile and warble: "Brothers!" It is a rather flabby battle cry."
-Dr. Seuss

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