Guidelines Quote by M. C. Escher

“Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.”

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I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.

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The regular division of the plane into congruent figures evoking an association in the observer with a familiar natural object is one of these hobbies or problems...I have embarked on this geometric problem again and again over the years, trying to throw light on different aspects each time. I cannot imagine what my life would be like if this problem…

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I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.

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For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.

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I never got a pass mark in math... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books. Funny me consorting with…

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As far as I know, there is no proof whatever of the existence of an objective reality apart from our senses, and I do…

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Science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may…

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In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain,…

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I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs;…

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The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.

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To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art' to another. 'Beautiful' and 'ugly' are old-fashioned concepts that are seldom applied these days; perhaps justifiably, who knows? Something repulsive, which gives you a moral hangover, and hurts your ears or eyes, may well be…

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My own take on the word "transgender" is that it's an umbrella term for anyone who breaks any rules, laws, guidelines or protocol of gender. So, to really be an ally, it's important that you recognize and embrace your own transgender nature. Really, I haven't met a single person who doesn't break some rule of gender. In other words, we…

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I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

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“I have found good general guidelines are: be polite, be pleasant, be brief. When even that is too much to manage, pick a quiet…

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We welcome the Election Commission's announcement of a five-phase poll in the state. We will abide by all the guidelines and directives issued by…

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EPA gets to set a standard for new. For the existing, EPA sets guidelines for what we think is appropriate, but then states develop…

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Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.

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And under the new guidelines issued by the Obama Administration, Federal agents will not pursue pot-smoking patients in states that allow medical marijuana. This new policy is called 'Don't Ask, Don't -- What Was I Talking About?'

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“A writer who can't follow submission guidelines is like a pilot without a plane... ain't gonna get very far!”

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“Sometimes, feels flexible is the one makes you falling down on the edge. I'm telling you, be more relevant in some case and you…

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People are interested in authentic long-term, socialist goals, which is not what is usually called socialism. They should be thinking through carefully how the projected society should work, but not in extensive detail because a lot of things just have to be learned by experiment and we don't know enough to plan societies in detail by any means. But, general…

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