Clarification Quote by Rudolf Arnheim

“It is extremely interesting, then, to think about the meaning of the word ‘form’ as it applies to constructions of arbitrarily complex shapes. For…

— Douglas R. Hofstadter

When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead…

— Edward Weston

“[Patricia Greenfield] concluded that “every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.” Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based…

— Nicholas G. Carr

A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in things.

— Albert Einstein

Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind

— Gautama Buddha

The mind must see visual achievement of the purpose before action is initiated.

— Mack R Douglas

Vision is an intelligent form of thought

— Andreas Gursky

“Children who are visual thinkers will often be good at drawing, other arts, and building things with building toys such as Legos.”

— Temple Grandin

I've come to believe in the primacy of form - the notion of art seducing you through your senses, through your eyeballs.

— Fred Tomaselli

Concepts are mental images.

— Paul Virilio

I hear some guy teaches a course in diagrammatic thinking now; he's written books on it and stuff like that, and so it was…

— Paul Laffoley