Transport for LondonJeremy Deller - What is the city but the people?
A work of art for Tube drivers by Jeremy Deller
A work of art for Tube drivers by Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller has been working with Tube drivers and operational staff on the Piccadilly line to produce a new work of art – a booklet of quotes entitled 'What is the city but the people?'
The passport-sized booklet will be given to operational staff on the Piccadilly line from February 2009. Drivers and platform staff will be encouraged to use the quotes in their daily communications with customers – building on the rapport which many already have with their customers and helping to enliven millions of journeys by adding an element of unexpected humour.
'‘What is the city but the people?' aims to generate a more positive atmosphere during peak times. It also encourages the many voices of the Tube’s staff to re-enter the environment of the network, bringing some of the personalities which have made it famous to the forefront once more. Coming from a wide range of philosophical, political and historical sources, the quotes provoke thought on life in the city, especially as heard on the London Underground.
The artwork was introduced to Piccadilly line staff through a series of special book launches hosted by comedian Arthur Smith, well known for his stand-up routines. Smith spent a day travelling with a Piccadilly line driver to experience life behind the scenes on the Tube first-hand, before passing on helpful tips to drivers and station staff on communicating with public audiences.
Jeremy Deller: 'Originally, when asked to think about a project for London Underground (LU), I suggested a day of no announcements on the Underground, but obviously this was not possible, so I came up with the idea to give staff a collection of quotes and the idea grew from there. I often wish announcements were more personal and reflected the realities and absurdities of living and working in a big city. I think the travelling public enjoys some humour and unexpected insight during their journey.'
Phil O’Hare, General Manager of the Piccadilly line: 'This is a great opportunity to add something extra special to the service we provide. We get excellent responses from the public when LU staff personalise their announcements, and my hope is that this project will inspire those who work on the Piccadilly line to engage with customers beyond the artwork, bringing a personal touch back to the forefront of our world-class Tube service.'
Read Arthur Smith's article on the project (Arthur Smith, "Why have lines by Seneca and Goethe replaced announcements of delays and 'mind the gap' on the Underground's Piccadilly Line?": The Times, Tuesday 21 July 2009)
Have you heard a quote? – let us know!
If you have heard one of the quotes from the project – please let us know. We will pass all positive comments on to operational staff on the Piccadilly line.
For more information about Art on the Underground, please visit www.tfl.gov.uk/art
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Added: Jan 30 2010 8:00PM (GMT)
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"An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere" Martin Luther King
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"An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere" Martin Luther King
Added: Jan 29 2010 6:38PM (GMT)
Tube Quotes
'Limits are in the mind, but Freedom is in the imagination and your ability to use it.' Elle.
Elle Crocker
Tube Quotes
'Limits are in the mind, but Freedom is in the imagination and your ability to use it.' Elle.
Elle Crocker
Added: Jan 28 2010 9:35AM (GMT)
Douglas Adams
This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
Natalie Nicholles
Douglas Adams
This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
Natalie Nicholles
Added: Jan 22 2010 1:42PM (GMT)
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"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear,"is a great quotation from James Joyce,and it gives a real sense of how the Divine may flow through individuals as channels or instruments. I love reading the quotes,and saw one today at London Bridge,by Mahatma Gandhi,"There is more to life than increasing its speed."You can look up the connection between Gandhi and Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,the originator of Sahaja Yoga,on the website www.sahaja.org .London is well served for local meetings of Sahaja Yoga.
Andrew Low
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"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear,"is a great quotation from James Joyce,and it gives a real sense of how the Divine may flow through individuals as channels or instruments. I love reading the quotes,and saw one today at London Bridge,by Mahatma Gandhi,"There is more to life than increasing its speed."You can look up the connection between Gandhi and Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,the originator of Sahaja Yoga,on the website www.sahaja.org .London is well served for local meetings of Sahaja Yoga.
Andrew Low
Added: Jan 15 2010 3:17PM (GMT)
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so uplifting. can totally change my mood and make me reflect on the real important things in life. thanks
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so uplifting. can totally change my mood and make me reflect on the real important things in life. thanks
Added: Jan 15 2010 3:14AM (GMT)
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"When one door closes, another one opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us" - Alexander Graham Bell So true Mr. Bell. So true.
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"When one door closes, another one opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us" - Alexander Graham Bell So true Mr. Bell. So true.
Added: Jan 13 2010 9:44AM (GMT)
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Quote - Never look back unless it's to smile said by Denny's Mum when I saw your posters in the underground I thought you meant us to send you in quotes. Well this is one of my mum's sayings and I think it's brilliant
Denny Morris
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Quote - Never look back unless it's to smile said by Denny's Mum when I saw your posters in the underground I thought you meant us to send you in quotes. Well this is one of my mum's sayings and I think it's brilliant
Denny Morris
Added: Jan 12 2010 6:08PM (GMT)
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I have absolutely adored this project, the posters have been so beautifully displayed and really brings a different edge to the London underground.
Paula
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I have absolutely adored this project, the posters have been so beautifully displayed and really brings a different edge to the London underground.
Paula
Added: Jan 11 2010 9:28PM (GMT)
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Knowledge is power.
Satnam Kaur
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Knowledge is power.
Satnam Kaur
Added: Jan 10 2010 3:51AM (GMT)
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I read the Goethe quote "nothing is greater than this day" as I returned from my Xmas vacation. Its positiveness gave me a lift as I thought of the new job while sweeping under a nightly London in the Picadilly line. Please go on with the project. It is good idea to break the routine.
bubo bubo
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I read the Goethe quote "nothing is greater than this day" as I returned from my Xmas vacation. Its positiveness gave me a lift as I thought of the new job while sweeping under a nightly London in the Picadilly line. Please go on with the project. It is good idea to break the routine.
bubo bubo
Added: Jan 10 2010 1:07AM (GMT)
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I have few quotations from Avicenna who considered to be the father of modern medicine. •Width of life is more important than length of life •There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge. •An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death. •The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes. •Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health. •The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. •There are no incurable diseases - only the lack of will There are no worthless herbs - only the lack of knowledge
Mehiden Ali
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I have few quotations from Avicenna who considered to be the father of modern medicine. •Width of life is more important than length of life •There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge. •An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death. •The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes. •Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health. •The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. •There are no incurable diseases - only the lack of will There are no worthless herbs - only the lack of knowledge
Mehiden Ali
Added: Jan 9 2010 8:21PM (GMT)
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i've got a couple of good quotes - 'Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water' - Elenor Roosevelt. ''There is nothing either good or bad...but thinking makes it so' - William Shakespeare
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i've got a couple of good quotes - 'Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water' - Elenor Roosevelt. ''There is nothing either good or bad...but thinking makes it so' - William Shakespeare
Added: Jan 8 2010 1:13PM (GMT)
Quotes
"Live simply, so that others can simply live." "The Stone Age came to an end, not because we had a lack of stones, and the Oil Age will come to an end not because we have a lack of oil...." - Sheikh Zaki Yamani "Beer is proof that God wanted us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
Quotes
"Live simply, so that others can simply live." "The Stone Age came to an end, not because we had a lack of stones, and the Oil Age will come to an end not because we have a lack of oil...." - Sheikh Zaki Yamani "Beer is proof that God wanted us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
Added: Jan 8 2010 1:30AM (GMT)
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"Some men see things as they are and ask why, I dream things that never were and ask why not" From the Eulogy of Robert Kennedy. I have composed some music to the words of this great speech. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=507iwoaTY2U
Amal Lad
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"Some men see things as they are and ask why, I dream things that never were and ask why not" From the Eulogy of Robert Kennedy. I have composed some music to the words of this great speech. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=507iwoaTY2U
Amal Lad
Added: Jan 7 2010 11:19PM (GMT)
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I love to read all the quotations on the tube stations! It makes my journey easier, in a way. Can I get a copy of this book anywhere?
Antonio
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I love to read all the quotations on the tube stations! It makes my journey easier, in a way. Can I get a copy of this book anywhere?
Antonio
Added: Jan 7 2010 5:06PM (GMT)
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A great revolution in just a single individual will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind. Daisaku Ikeda
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A great revolution in just a single individual will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind. Daisaku Ikeda
Added: Jan 6 2010 8:48PM (GMT)
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"No matter where you go, there you are".
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"No matter where you go, there you are".
Added: Jan 6 2010 1:57PM (GMT)
possible quotes
'It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues' Abraham Lincoln
Ben Carey
possible quotes
'It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues' Abraham Lincoln
Ben Carey
Added: Jan 6 2010 12:00AM (GMT)
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Portuguese (Original): "Porque eu sou do tamanho do que vejo/E n£o do tamanho da minha altura..." English: "Because I have the height of what I can see/Not the length of my stature" in the poem "O Guardador de Rebanhos" by Alvaro de Campos (a heteronym of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa)
Bruno Santos
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Portuguese (Original): "Porque eu sou do tamanho do que vejo/E n£o do tamanho da minha altura..." English: "Because I have the height of what I can see/Not the length of my stature" in the poem "O Guardador de Rebanhos" by Alvaro de Campos (a heteronym of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa)
Bruno Santos
Added: Jan 4 2010 2:53PM (GMT)
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This is a wonderful project! I am an English teacher in Holland and I would like to dedicate some of my lessons to this idea. Is there anyway in which non-tube drivers can get a hold of a copy?
Suzanne Oudshoorn
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This is a wonderful project! I am an English teacher in Holland and I would like to dedicate some of my lessons to this idea. Is there anyway in which non-tube drivers can get a hold of a copy?
Suzanne Oudshoorn
Added: Jan 4 2010 1:09AM (GMT)
asking questions
“One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever” – Chinese proverb
asking questions
“One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever” – Chinese proverb
Added: Dec 30 2009 9:11PM (GMT)
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"Our futures, are the pasts of others"- Jonathan D.N. Smart ( Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22226358/Futures-and-Pasts )
Jonathan Smart
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"Our futures, are the pasts of others"- Jonathan D.N. Smart ( Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22226358/Futures-and-Pasts )
Jonathan Smart
Added: Dec 30 2009 9:06PM (GMT)
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"Time, is on the side of change"- Jonathan D.N. Smart ( Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22250903/Change )
Jonathan Smart
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"Time, is on the side of change"- Jonathan D.N. Smart ( Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22250903/Change )
Jonathan Smart
Added: Dec 30 2009 9:05PM (GMT)
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"To care, is to share" - unknown
Jonathan Smart
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"To care, is to share" - unknown
Jonathan Smart
Added: Dec 30 2009 9:00PM (GMT)
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"It's hard to make things easy, but it's easy to make things hard" - Jonathan D.N. Smart ( Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22100269/It’s-hard-to-make-things-easy )
Jonathan Smart
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"It's hard to make things easy, but it's easy to make things hard" - Jonathan D.N. Smart ( Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22100269/It’s-hard-to-make-things-easy )
Jonathan Smart
Added: Dec 30 2009 8:29AM (GMT)
Quotes
I liked these posters and saw a conection with Goethe & Napoleon Quote: by Marshall Lannes, a friend of both men. "The bones in my division cracked like glass in a hailstorm" after the bloody battle of Montebello in 1800. Maybe too graphic ! or a quote from King Pyrrhus: "If we ever conquer again in like fashion, it will be our ruin" Paul Attwood
Paul Attwood
Quotes
I liked these posters and saw a conection with Goethe & Napoleon Quote: by Marshall Lannes, a friend of both men. "The bones in my division cracked like glass in a hailstorm" after the bloody battle of Montebello in 1800. Maybe too graphic ! or a quote from King Pyrrhus: "If we ever conquer again in like fashion, it will be our ruin" Paul Attwood
Paul Attwood
Added: Dec 29 2009 6:52PM (GMT)
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There are a few quotes that i like: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall". (Oliver Goldsmith) An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind". (Gandhi) "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." (Oscar Levant) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. " (Oscar Wilde) Ashley =D
Ashley Burley
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There are a few quotes that i like: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall". (Oliver Goldsmith) An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind". (Gandhi) "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." (Oscar Levant) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. " (Oscar Wilde) Ashley =D
Ashley Burley
Added: Dec 29 2009 4:38PM (GMT)
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Practise makes perfect, so be careful what you practise! - Cupcake Brown
Candy B.
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Practise makes perfect, so be careful what you practise! - Cupcake Brown
Candy B.
Added: Dec 23 2009 6:58PM (GMT)
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Hi, love the quotes, especially the Goethe one about "nothing is greater than this day". I came up with a quote that I would like to share with you - it has literally changed my life. It is: Respect other people and respect yourself.
Callum
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Hi, love the quotes, especially the Goethe one about "nothing is greater than this day". I came up with a quote that I would like to share with you - it has literally changed my life. It is: Respect other people and respect yourself.
Callum
Added: Dec 23 2009 6:12PM (GMT)
Quotes
I made this quote up: Money can take you anywhere, but without your hopes and dreams you would have nowhere to go.
Nishel Priya
Quotes
I made this quote up: Money can take you anywhere, but without your hopes and dreams you would have nowhere to go.
Nishel Priya
Added: Dec 23 2009 2:53PM (GMT)
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Saw about 3 different posters yesterday whilst out on my travels. Haven't yet seen 'Hell is other people' Jean Paul Sartre. Would be most appropriate for tube journeys in rush hour.
GB
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Saw about 3 different posters yesterday whilst out on my travels. Haven't yet seen 'Hell is other people' Jean Paul Sartre. Would be most appropriate for tube journeys in rush hour.
GB
Added: Dec 23 2009 1:45PM (GMT)
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Dear Sir , i came across a quote of one of the noblest man and a great leader of all time and would like you to consider to be there on the tube stations,Sir this quote of by Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him):"The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry".. Sir as me being a devotee of this great man and his great thought about resistance and brotherhood i would have a privilege to share with others..
Muhammad Shakir
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Dear Sir , i came across a quote of one of the noblest man and a great leader of all time and would like you to consider to be there on the tube stations,Sir this quote of by Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him):"The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry".. Sir as me being a devotee of this great man and his great thought about resistance and brotherhood i would have a privilege to share with others..
Muhammad Shakir
Added: Dec 23 2009 9:53AM (GMT)
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I love this campaign because the quotes really make you think.I like them so much I will be using them as illustartions in my Christmas eve sermon as to how important postive thoughts are.Also Ghandi's thought of needing to slow down and think.Thanks for the campaign
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I love this campaign because the quotes really make you think.I like them so much I will be using them as illustartions in my Christmas eve sermon as to how important postive thoughts are.Also Ghandi's thought of needing to slow down and think.Thanks for the campaign
Added: Dec 21 2009 6:43PM (GMT)
Quotes on the tube
First I want to say that it creates a really nice atmosphere. Second, I have a suggested quote: 'When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.' - Jimi Hendrix Source - wikiquote
Quotes on the tube
First I want to say that it creates a really nice atmosphere. Second, I have a suggested quote: 'When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.' - Jimi Hendrix Source - wikiquote
Added: Dec 21 2009 11:04AM (GMT)
quotations
"Happiness is bad for consumerism"
quotations
"Happiness is bad for consumerism"
Added: Dec 21 2009 7:48AM (GMT)
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"That man is the noblest creature may be inferred from the fact that no other creature has contested this claim" - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 1742-1799
Rory Post
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"That man is the noblest creature may be inferred from the fact that no other creature has contested this claim" - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 1742-1799
Rory Post
Added: Dec 20 2009 3:50PM (GMT)
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Where does goodness get you? Nowhere. You are already there. This one of several original observations, which life experience over 75 years has enabled me to articulate
Raymond LLOYD
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Where does goodness get you? Nowhere. You are already there. This one of several original observations, which life experience over 75 years has enabled me to articulate
Raymond LLOYD
Added: Dec 18 2009 9:30PM (GMT)
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Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. By Muhammad Ali Jinnah
muhammahd khan
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Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. By Muhammad Ali Jinnah
muhammahd khan
Added: Dec 18 2009 11:57AM (GMT)
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I love this series! The quotations are so relevant to travel and London life. Weldon to Art on the Underground. So important to have more than advertising on our Underground - Something to make you think, something nice to look at, something with impact - More of the same please.
Cian Flood
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I love this series! The quotations are so relevant to travel and London life. Weldon to Art on the Underground. So important to have more than advertising on our Underground - Something to make you think, something nice to look at, something with impact - More of the same please.
Cian Flood
Added: Dec 17 2009 11:23AM (GMT)
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Great quote from Goethe: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it”
Liz Smith
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Great quote from Goethe: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it”
Liz Smith
Added: Dec 16 2009 6:33PM (GMT)
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There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. - The 1st Duke of Wellington
Aaron Stead
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There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. - The 1st Duke of Wellington
Aaron Stead
Added: Dec 16 2009 10:59AM (GMT)
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Driver: "Bing bong. We are now approaching Goodge Street station. Please remember to take all your belongings with you when leaving the train, including your husband."
Ric Carvalho
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Driver: "Bing bong. We are now approaching Goodge Street station. Please remember to take all your belongings with you when leaving the train, including your husband."
Ric Carvalho
Added: Dec 14 2009 11:42AM (GMT)
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Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself. Imam Ali (A.S)
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Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself. Imam Ali (A.S)
Added: Dec 12 2009 6:30PM (GMT)
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'Today's economy is created by us, and how well that society functions depends in large part on our imagination of its potential.' Karl Marx
Nilesh Hirani
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'Today's economy is created by us, and how well that society functions depends in large part on our imagination of its potential.' Karl Marx
Nilesh Hirani
Added: Dec 12 2009 12:28AM (GMT)
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Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
Kev
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Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
Kev
Added: Dec 12 2009 12:21AM (GMT)
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London is a nation, not a city - Benjamin Disraeli
Kev
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London is a nation, not a city - Benjamin Disraeli
Kev
Added: Dec 11 2009 11:34PM (GMT)
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Love is painful but also joyful it is sometime unfair and sometime more than fair just try to be on the right end...by Moise Olenga Kasongo
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Love is painful but also joyful it is sometime unfair and sometime more than fair just try to be on the right end...by Moise Olenga Kasongo
Added: Dec 11 2009 10:14AM (GMT)
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"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." - Kahlil Gibran
Ali
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"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." - Kahlil Gibran
Ali
Added: Dec 7 2009 6:54PM (GMT)
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Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
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Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
Added: Dec 7 2009 3:48PM (GMT)
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"you don't need a ticket to get to the best place you will ever be. All you need is good works and a willing heart" -kelvin oba-
kelvin obareti
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"you don't need a ticket to get to the best place you will ever be. All you need is good works and a willing heart" -kelvin oba-
kelvin obareti
Added: Dec 2 2009 3:10PM (GMT)
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I heard a fantastic quote which would be very apt for London Underground - When a man is tired of London, he is tired of Life - Samuel Johnson, Love it
Tracey
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I heard a fantastic quote which would be very apt for London Underground - When a man is tired of London, he is tired of Life - Samuel Johnson, Love it
Tracey
Added: Nov 22 2009 9:55PM (GMT)
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art on the underground makes it a more pleasant place to be,i have a quote which i think will make people feel good. " everyone is beautiful to someone"
mark gaywood
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art on the underground makes it a more pleasant place to be,i have a quote which i think will make people feel good. " everyone is beautiful to someone"
mark gaywood
Added: Nov 22 2009 6:16PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Anything that can make that grotty underground a bit nicer is a great idea! I love the Gandhi quote and the poster, makes me slow down and think... Another quote that came to mind "Lead, follow or get out of the way", Thomas Paine.
christine
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Anything that can make that grotty underground a bit nicer is a great idea! I love the Gandhi quote and the poster, makes me slow down and think... Another quote that came to mind "Lead, follow or get out of the way", Thomas Paine.
christine
Added: Nov 21 2009 9:46AM (GMT)
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My favourite announcement by a tube driver on the old East London Line pulling in to New Cross Gate. "The front carriage is closed due to vomit".
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My favourite announcement by a tube driver on the old East London Line pulling in to New Cross Gate. "The front carriage is closed due to vomit".
Added: Nov 20 2009 3:42PM (GMT)
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Just wanted to say thank you for the thought provoking quotes on the tubes, the ghandi quote puts a smile on my face every day. I would also like to suggest a quote as below. ''the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall'' Nelson Mandela
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Just wanted to say thank you for the thought provoking quotes on the tubes, the ghandi quote puts a smile on my face every day. I would also like to suggest a quote as below. ''the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall'' Nelson Mandela
Added: Nov 19 2009 11:30AM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Love this concept. It challenges the mind to contemplate things over and above whether or not you are going to catch that ladies cold, or get to the meeting in time. Here's one I heard the other day that I really found helpful. "Humility isn't thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less" C. S. Lewis.
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Love this concept. It challenges the mind to contemplate things over and above whether or not you are going to catch that ladies cold, or get to the meeting in time. Here's one I heard the other day that I really found helpful. "Humility isn't thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less" C. S. Lewis.
Added: Nov 12 2009 3:15PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I travel on the central line to art college in Central London near enough every day to come across merely just the poster advertising this project, it was the one with Napoleon Bonaparte's quote: "A throne is only a bench covered in velvet" and this inspired me for one of my very own art projects!! I think this is a great idea and would love to see more of this around London..it can only make it a better place. Thank you very much!!
Sophie
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I travel on the central line to art college in Central London near enough every day to come across merely just the poster advertising this project, it was the one with Napoleon Bonaparte's quote: "A throne is only a bench covered in velvet" and this inspired me for one of my very own art projects!! I think this is a great idea and would love to see more of this around London..it can only make it a better place. Thank you very much!!
Sophie
Added: Nov 6 2009 11:00AM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I enjoyed the Gandhi quote about speed while hastening on tothe Jubile line at Westminster. I had just been reminded that the French writer Pascal has said "The heart has its reasons which reason does not know ". That's a thought which could accompany anyone's day !
Maureen Green
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I enjoyed the Gandhi quote about speed while hastening on tothe Jubile line at Westminster. I had just been reminded that the French writer Pascal has said "The heart has its reasons which reason does not know ". That's a thought which could accompany anyone's day !
Maureen Green
Added: Nov 2 2009 4:29PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Have seen the posters of these on the tube and they've really grabbed my attention. A superb idea and great art direction, some of the best Art on the Underground ads I've seen, really made my morning. You should make the quote book and posters commercially available - and maybe get more of the drivers to read the quotes out. I think London needs to be a bit more philosophical in the mornings.
Anthony Stamp
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Have seen the posters of these on the tube and they've really grabbed my attention. A superb idea and great art direction, some of the best Art on the Underground ads I've seen, really made my morning. You should make the quote book and posters commercially available - and maybe get more of the drivers to read the quotes out. I think London needs to be a bit more philosophical in the mornings.
Anthony Stamp
Added: Oct 20 2009 8:34AM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I love this idea. It helps us in our daily life. It inspired this quote from. Yogi Amrit Desai You Begin with you You Travel with you You Arrive with you The journey to truth is from the alone to the alone.
Cintra Brown
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I love this idea. It helps us in our daily life. It inspired this quote from. Yogi Amrit Desai You Begin with you You Travel with you You Arrive with you The journey to truth is from the alone to the alone.
Cintra Brown
Added: Oct 13 2009 3:27PM (GMT)
Heard a quote
I think this is a great project. Unfortunately my regular journey in to work doesn't include the Picadilly line, but I have seen the posters up and think they look fabulous. It would be great to see jpeg of all the posters online, or for them to be made available to buy. I'm a big fan of the design that the Underground produces, keep it up!
Robin
Heard a quote
I think this is a great project. Unfortunately my regular journey in to work doesn't include the Picadilly line, but I have seen the posters up and think they look fabulous. It would be great to see jpeg of all the posters online, or for them to be made available to buy. I'm a big fan of the design that the Underground produces, keep it up!
Robin
Added: Sep 12 2009 8:26PM (GMT)
re:jeremy-deller-tubeart
I would also like a copy of this book simply because it would add some increased interest to my journey (if it will increase my chances I'd also like to volunteer for a late night track walk to - one of my fantasies...) I consider the Underground the Lymphatic System of London - an essential circulatory system, often under appreciated that helps cells (us!) get from A to B. Many people only pay it attention when is all goes wrong but for day-to-day runnings (and regularity) the Tube is an excellent space (value-for-money leaves a lot to be desired though that can be said of London's public transport in general). The idea to give drivers the opportunity to personalise the multitude of mundane messages they are required inflict upon the travelling public is an inspired way of helping to reduce the stressful and often monotonous journeys Londoners have to make each day. The most enjoyable rides I have on the Underground are when drivers make little jokes over the tannoy and encourage po-faced passengers to crack a smile or even for the more brave to make eye-contact and laugh with each other. Next to these for enjoyment are the Art installations/displays/performances - WE NEED MORE pictures, poetry, music or beautiful architecture/design on the tube. More posters like the Off To Work (Nylon Uniform) and Vintage/WW2 series, more musicians and installations like those at Gloucester Rd. The Underground structure is already beautiful from an architectural point of view, all it needs is some detail to the paintwork a la columns on the district line platforms at South Kensington (love the flower pots and wrought-iron work there too) at the older stops and uplighting at the newer stations like that of Westminster to highlight the fact. I could (and often do) wax lyrical about the wonderous structure that is the London Underground Network but I shall summarise for those that don't have all day - to enable passengers to get more enjoyment for minimal input encoura
L.Hutson
re:jeremy-deller-tubeart
I would also like a copy of this book simply because it would add some increased interest to my journey (if it will increase my chances I'd also like to volunteer for a late night track walk to - one of my fantasies...) I consider the Underground the Lymphatic System of London - an essential circulatory system, often under appreciated that helps cells (us!) get from A to B. Many people only pay it attention when is all goes wrong but for day-to-day runnings (and regularity) the Tube is an excellent space (value-for-money leaves a lot to be desired though that can be said of London's public transport in general). The idea to give drivers the opportunity to personalise the multitude of mundane messages they are required inflict upon the travelling public is an inspired way of helping to reduce the stressful and often monotonous journeys Londoners have to make each day. The most enjoyable rides I have on the Underground are when drivers make little jokes over the tannoy and encourage po-faced passengers to crack a smile or even for the more brave to make eye-contact and laugh with each other. Next to these for enjoyment are the Art installations/displays/performances - WE NEED MORE pictures, poetry, music or beautiful architecture/design on the tube. More posters like the Off To Work (Nylon Uniform) and Vintage/WW2 series, more musicians and installations like those at Gloucester Rd. The Underground structure is already beautiful from an architectural point of view, all it needs is some detail to the paintwork a la columns on the district line platforms at South Kensington (love the flower pots and wrought-iron work there too) at the older stops and uplighting at the newer stations like that of Westminster to highlight the fact. I could (and often do) wax lyrical about the wonderous structure that is the London Underground Network but I shall summarise for those that don't have all day - to enable passengers to get more enjoyment for minimal input encoura
L.Hutson
Added: Jul 21 2009 3:37PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Quotes. Driver on the Piccadilly line: "Bing bong. We are now approaching Hammersmith station. Please remember to take your belongings with you when you leave the train. Bing bong." At Acton Town: "What passes for normal service has now resumed on the Piccadilly Line. The next train is due in two minutes."
Mike Bisacre
jeremy-deller-tubeart
Quotes. Driver on the Piccadilly line: "Bing bong. We are now approaching Hammersmith station. Please remember to take your belongings with you when you leave the train. Bing bong." At Acton Town: "What passes for normal service has now resumed on the Piccadilly Line. The next train is due in two minutes."
Mike Bisacre
Added: Jul 9 2009 5:04PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I would just like to echo the sentiments of Nat, but from the perspective of a deprived Manchester commuter ;-) It would be great to learn who the publisher of the profound sayings booklet is, to perhaps be able to donate to the cause for a copy.
Ian Ball
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I would just like to echo the sentiments of Nat, but from the perspective of a deprived Manchester commuter ;-) It would be great to learn who the publisher of the profound sayings booklet is, to perhaps be able to donate to the cause for a copy.
Ian Ball
Added: Jun 26 2009 12:04PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I don't understand why tube announcements cannot be stopped for a day, to be honest there is so much variability between various journeys that I have a hard time believing that there are strict rules on the subject. Often I have been on the tube for 30minutes plus without hearing a single announcment. Other times there is one every minute. The more you repeat something, the less likely people are to pay attention, travelling abroad we realise just how ridiculous the announcments on our tubes have become (indeed even a trip on some overground rail trains illustrates that fact). I suggest some clearer guidelines are made on the subject and the frequency reduced to only those essential announcements.
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I don't understand why tube announcements cannot be stopped for a day, to be honest there is so much variability between various journeys that I have a hard time believing that there are strict rules on the subject. Often I have been on the tube for 30minutes plus without hearing a single announcment. Other times there is one every minute. The more you repeat something, the less likely people are to pay attention, travelling abroad we realise just how ridiculous the announcments on our tubes have become (indeed even a trip on some overground rail trains illustrates that fact). I suggest some clearer guidelines are made on the subject and the frequency reduced to only those essential announcements.
Added: Jun 25 2009 5:59PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I heard the report on this project this morning on Radio 4, what a charming idea! I use the Piccadilly Line to get to and from work each day and now I'm full of anticipation that I might be lucky enough to hear one of these interventions from the staff to brighten up my day. Art is more than decoration which this project proves, it's got something to say. Art on the Underground is really exploring the exciting potential of their unique venue and audience, I can't wait to see what comes next!
Olivia Rickman
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I heard the report on this project this morning on Radio 4, what a charming idea! I use the Piccadilly Line to get to and from work each day and now I'm full of anticipation that I might be lucky enough to hear one of these interventions from the staff to brighten up my day. Art is more than decoration which this project proves, it's got something to say. Art on the Underground is really exploring the exciting potential of their unique venue and audience, I can't wait to see what comes next!
Olivia Rickman
Added: Jun 25 2009 2:27PM (GMT)
jeremy-deller-tubeart
this project looks (and sounds) great! i'm not a driver on the tube, but i wonder i could get a copy of the booklet myself.
Nat Foreman
jeremy-deller-tubeart
this project looks (and sounds) great! i'm not a driver on the tube, but i wonder i could get a copy of the booklet myself.
Nat Foreman
jeremy-deller-tubeart
I think this is a really great incentive-it brightens my day and makes a drab journey home or into work a little bit better. Gives you a chance to consider something that matters whilst the seconds tick by on the tube, makes them not wasted. Quote suggestion which I love, no-one wants to admit it, but everyone has felt this before: 'Every time a friend of mine suceeds, a little piece of me dies...'! Don't judge me for that! x
Roanna Bond