Quotes About Tactile

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

She removed her gloves and touched the satin shoulder

Why buy vinyl when he could keep all his music on a device that fit in his pocket?

I once stole a pornographic book that was printed in braille. I used to rub the dirty parts.

Come on, you shy blokes like me. You've all got your vain, narcissistic fantasies. Just once in a while, give them external tactile reference.

The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.

Metaphorically, Tom said, if you take knowledge as light, and ignorance as dark, there does sometimes seem to be a real presence to the dark -- to ignorance. Something more tactile and muscley than just lack of knowledge. A sort of will to ignorance. It would explain some politicians.

I think newspapers shouldn't try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper.

I heard oysters are an aphrodisiac, which I can't stand, but I think anything you eat with your hands is cute. I don't know.

I'm quite tactile, so I like fabrics that feel good. I try to avoid fabrics that crease - especially with my son. When you have a child, that's important. A great pair of a jeans, a t-shirt and some loafers, that's what I always wear.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.

Writing has always had that tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality - what I take in and what I put out there.

Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms of my involvement in the minutiae.

Print is very important because I think there is nothing like the tactile sense of picking up a magazine.

Because I loved dance, I always need to be physical and moving, so photography that is more tactile made more sense.

I really love to write about food, crafts, and fashion, so those details will always be a part of my books. I think they inject stories with color and flavor, providing a tactile experience.

I'm not particularly tactile.

There's something very satisfying about creating a tactile product.

I'm very much a fan of having something tactile you can hold.

There's something so inspiring about being in real locations, where you can feel the tactile qualities from the layer of paint that has been chipping off and the hundreds of years that have been lived in the space.

I don't want technology to take me so far that I don't have to use my brain anymore. It's like GPS taking over and losing your internal compass. It's always got to be tactile, still organic.

When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience.