"The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle……" — Philip K. Dick
"The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque."
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181 Quotes by Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick has 181 quotes on this site.
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No man is infinitely strong; for every creature that runs, flies, hops or crawls there is a terminal nemesis which…
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Then it is in me, too, the psychotic streak. A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.…
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The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the…
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Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying,
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The psychotic does not merely think he sees four blue bivalves with floppy wings wandering up the wall; he does…
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Giving me a a new idea is like handing a cretin a gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang…
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Insanity - to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others.
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That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.
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A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you…
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I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own…
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In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out…
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Those who refused to respond to new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish.
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More Baroque Quotes
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Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A lot of chefs' cookbooks are food…
— Mario Batali
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My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style.…
— Geraldine Brooks
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The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.
— Kevin McCloud
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Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese…
— Carlo Petrini
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But where only a free play of our presentational powers is to be sustained as in the case of pleasure…
— Immanuel Kant
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I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of…
— Oscar Niemeyer
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I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so…
— Oscar Niemeyer
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Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is…
— Harry Seidler
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While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant,…
— Emanuel Lasker
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Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.
— Joan Armatrading
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I would define the baroque as that style that deliberately exhausts (or tries to exhaust) its own possibilities, and that…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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The Humbling is not vintage Roth, despite its compelling premise. The bizarre series of episodes -- mostly sexual encounters with…
— Philip Hensher
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