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Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it says is that…

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In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.
At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at…
A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like…
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees…
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it…
Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the…
Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses.
Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail.
The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to…
Both art and science are bent on the understanding of the forces that shape existence, and both call for a dedication to…
Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power…

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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All… — Richard Branson
Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it… — Rudolf Arnheim
A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a… — Thomas Jefferson
Science advances by trial and error. When mistakes are made, the peer-review publication process usually roots them out. Cuccinelli's version of the… — Scott Mandia
Due to affirmative action, about half of the black law students fall to the bottom 10% percent of the class and they… — Unknown Author
That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong. — Aaron Levie
No one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a… — Alain de Botton
The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt. — Pablo Picasso
I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of… — Mark Twain
When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all… — Georges Bernanos
When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. — Maud Adams

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