All Gregory Bateson Quotes
- Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy we call mathematics. Astonishing
- A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given… Answer
- The only way out is spiritual, intellectual, and emotional revolution in which, finally, we learn to experience first hand the interloping connections between person and… Action
- Somebody was saying to Picasso that he ought to make pictures of things the way they are-objective pictures. He mumbled that he wasn't quite sure… Bullying
- After mastery comes artistry and not before. Artistry
- Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts… All
- It takes two to know one. Funny
- Pathology is a relatively easy thing to discuss, health is very difficult. This, of course, is one of the reasons why there is such a… Changes
- Number is different from quantity. From
- Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one… Aptly
- It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely… Acted
- We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. Funny
- But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to… Answer
- It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and… Actual
- Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons… Combination
- There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that… All
- No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels. Afford
- Perhaps there is no such thing as unilateral power. After all, the man in power depends on receiving information all the time from outside. He… All
- Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition Â… we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts.… Ability
- If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external… External
- If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that… Achieves