I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I’ll buy whatever catches my attention.
“I still like to go to record stores, I like to … Read More
But the star thing I can live with. The music I can’t live without. And that’s how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention.
“But the star thing I can live with. The music I … Read More
What is the focus of the new image infrastructure? Attention. It’s all designed for capturing, tracking, quantifying, manipulating, holding, buying, selling and controlling attention.
“What is the focus of the new image infrastructure? Attention. It’s … Read More
In the digital space, attention is a currency. We earn it. We spend it
“In the digital space, attention is a currency. We earn it. … Read More
Attention is a precious commodity.
“Attention is a precious commodity.” Brian Solis
Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.
“Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening … Read More
It’s easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.
“It’s easy to forget that your best work is done when … Read More
The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples’ attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
“The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples’ attention … Read More
The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
“The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they … Read More
If an artwork never gets any attention from anybody, then obviously it’s got problems. If it gains attention from a very small elite, then it’s presumably doing something. Finnegans Wake gets a lot of attention from certain people who become passionate about it, who are usually very good readers in general. Although – I often talk about costs and benefits – it seems to me the costs of reading Finnegans Wake are not worth the benefits, however many there may be. And it’s the same with the more arcane among poets, Zukofsky and so on.
“If an artwork never gets any attention from anybody, then obviously … Read More
Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an audience right now, and yet to also hold an audience hundreds or thousands of years into the future in circumstances you just cannot imagine. You’ve got to go very deep into human nature to do that.
“Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to … Read More
And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention
“And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention” Bret Easton … Read More
Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
“Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, … Read More
Your children can be around you all day, but if you don’t spend quality time with them and you don’t pay attention to them and talk to them and listen to them, it doesn’t matter that they’re just around you.
“Your children can be around you all day, but if you … Read More
If you want more money, don’t pay attention to the money. Pay attention to the thing that makes the money.
“If you want more money, don’t pay attention to the money. … Read More
I knew very early on that there would be quite a bit of attention: Superman is known all over the place.
“I knew very early on that there would be quite a … Read More
Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.
“Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who … Read More
The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention.
“The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a … Read More
With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
“With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to … Read More
It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn’t really want attention.
“It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn’t … Read More