Locus Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is… — Alfred Tarski
Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*. — Edward Abbey
The locus of corporate innovations has been product development. But in times of rapid and unpredictable change, the creation of individual products becomes less important… — John Seely Brown
As we search for a less extractive and polluting economic order, so that we may fit agriculture into the economy of a sustainable culture, community… — Wes Jackson
Feelings of right and wrong that at first have their locus within the family gradually develop into a pattern for the tribe or city, then… — Corliss Lamont
The Fall is where the nation is. The Fall is the locus of America. — William Stringfellow
The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication. — Thomas Berry
The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art. — Marilynne Robinson
When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself. — Jef Raskin
One can say that the city itself is the collective memory of its people, and like memory it is associated with objects and places. The… — Aldo Rossi
Somaaesthetics can be provisionally defined a the critical meliorative study of one's experience and use of one's body as a locus of sensory-aesthetic appreciation (aesthesis)… — Richard Shusterman
The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
A geometry implies the heterogeneity of locus, namely that there is a locus of the Other. Regarding this locus of the Other, of one sex… — Jacques Lacan
I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. Iâ€™m guessing he would have seized on its wistful… — Jennifer Egan
The doctrine of the sacredness of the soul sounds vaguely uplifting, but in fact is highly malignant. It discounts life on earth as just a… — Steven Pinker
The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama. — James Gray
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because… — Ron Chernow
A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast. — Andrew O'Hagan

Who Wrote These Locus Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 18 Locus Quotes as follows: