Ought Quote by Johannes Brahms

We must understand variation.

— W. Edwards Deming

Variation does not mean evolution. If an artist varies his mode of expression this only means that he has changed his manner of thinking,…

— Pablo Picasso

It struck me that favourable variations would tend to be preserved and unfavourable ones tend to be destroyed

— Charles Darwin

I love variation in all forms: in painting, in music.

— Jim Jarmusch

All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.

— Stephen Jay Gould

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

— Charles Darwin

Repetition makes us feel secure and variation makes us feel free.

— Robert Hass

Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain't in the mean, the mode or the median…

— Tom Peters

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection, in order to mark its…

— Charles Darwin

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.

— Ernst Mayr

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

— Stephane Rolland

We don't really think about it in a formulaic way, we just use the different styles as and when it feels right.

— Grace Chatto