"When a system is considered in two different……" — Rudolf Arnheim
"When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other."
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Rudolf Arnheim
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38 Quotes by Rudolf Arnheim
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All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
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Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but…
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Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses.
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Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail.
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