Symmetry Quotes

105 quotes by 89 authors

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he… — Henry Ward Beecher
A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which,… — Khalil Gibran
What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and… — Lord Byron
Rhythm, symmetry, and a happy combination of elegance and utility - a blend often desired in later days of hope and struggle - these have… — Marie-Luise Gothein
We have simply arrived too late in the history of the universe to see this primordial simplicity easily ... But although the symmetries are hidden… — Steven Weinberg
Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was… — Steven Weinberg
An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single chain into a… — Linus Pauling
Every chemical substance, whether natural or artificial, falls into one of two major categories, according to the spatial characteristic of its form. The distinction is… — Louis Pasteur
Since the beginning of physics, symmetry considerations have provided us with an extremely powerful and useful tool in our effort to understand nature. Gradually they… — Tsung-Dao Lee
Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection… — Chen-Ning Yang
The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but… — Robert Boyle
The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts. — John Landy
The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did… — Primo Levi
Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of… — Aristotle
I don't know if it's a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I've lately craved the structure and… — Helen Reddy
Animals are indeed more ancient, more complex and in many ways more sophisticated than us. They are more perfect because they remain within Natureâ€™s fearful… — Daphne Sheldrick
Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom, the quintessence of mourning. Despair yawns. There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering… — Victor Hugo
Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact that there is no reason for any difference... — Blaise Pascal
So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is… — Robert Rauschenberg
What I remember best from those times is the music itself. When it succeded, we took hold of the audience's attention, working it from a… — Andromeda Romano-Lax

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