A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.
Robert SmithsonRead
Every single thing you see on-screen came out of somebody's creativity. It doesn't exist. Nature didn't deliver it to us. Everything had to be dreamed.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Creativity is the root of all visual content; everything seen is a product of imagination.
This quote highlights the importance of human creativity in producing visual media. It emphasizes that everything we see depicted on-screen, whether in film, animation, or digital art, is not a natural occurrence but a manifestation of someone's imaginative efforts. The notion that 'everything had to be dreamed' underscores the necessity of creative thought in the creation of art and media.
Themes
CreativityImaginationArtVisual MediaDream
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about innovation, one might cite this quote to emphasize the role of creativity in technology.
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