Figures Quote by Paul Valery

There are three ways to get better figures... Improve the system... Distort the system... Distort the figures

— Brian L. Joiner

We have always found that, if the principles were right, the area over which they were affected did not matter. Size is only a…

— Henry Ford

Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

— George Polya

“For example, add two identical balls of dough together, and the new radius of the combined ball is not twice what it was; it's…

— Caleb Scharf

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful

— Robert Mapplethorpe

I just toured around looking for fractals, and when I found something that had a scaling geometry, I would ask the folks what was…

— Ron Eglash

I believe the geometric proportion served the creator as an idea when He introduced the continuous generation of similar objects from similar objects.

— Johannes Kepler

do get over the idea that size has any value or merit. It is the enemy of most of the best things in the…

— Ann Bridge

Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.

— Rick Riordan

Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.

— Chuck D

One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient.

— Henri Poincare

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

— Isaac D'Israeli