I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cool distill interest
The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range of the local ecology. Martin Puryear ecologyfeltisolate Change image and share on social
I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object. Martin Puryear feltmakeobject Change image and share on social
I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. Martin Puryear carvecastmethod Change image and share on social
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting. Barbara Mertz appearancebeautifulbig share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could cross what is kind of trivialized as a domestic novel with a novel of ideas, a philosophical novel. Jenny Offill contrariancrossdistill share on social
