“Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.” – Edward Harrison
Artist Maggie Appleton breaks down literary and science quotes into simple visualizations.
Titled ‘Illuminating Quotes’, the ongoing series depict different illustrations according to the quotes.
Appleton’s hand written visualizations illustrates quotes from 18th century writer Sydney Smith to modern day space exploration advocate Neil deGrasse Tyson.
“Growth for growth’s sake is the ideology of the cancer cell.” – Edward Abbey
“One can only encourage a reader like this to learn not to attach self esteem to the mere finishing of a book, if only because the more bad books you finish, the fewer good ones you’ll have time to start.” – Tim Parks
“I love the smell of the universe in the morning.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” – James Baldwin
“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” – Muriel Rukeyser
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.” – Sydney Smith
“Anyone who isn’t confused doesn’t really understand the situation.” – Edward R. Murrow
[via Appleton Portfolio]
Artist Maggie Appleton breaks down literary and science quotes into simple visualizations.
Titled ‘Illuminating Quotes’, the ongoing series depict different illustrations according to the quotes.
Appleton’s hand written visualizations illustrates quotes from 18th century writer Sydney Smith to modern day space exploration advocate Neil deGrasse Tyson.
“Growth for growth’s sake is the ideology of the cancer cell.” – Edward Abbey
“One can only encourage a reader like this to learn not to attach self esteem to the mere finishing of a book, if only because the more bad books you finish, the fewer good ones you’ll have time to start.” – Tim Parks
“I love the smell of the universe in the morning.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” – James Baldwin
“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” – Muriel Rukeyser
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.” – Sydney Smith
“Anyone who isn’t confused doesn’t really understand the situation.” – Edward R. Murrow
[via Appleton Portfolio]