184 quotes found
“Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.”
“The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.”
“Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.”
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
“Logic is logic. That's all I say.”
“Logic is neither a science nor an art but a dodge.”
“Grammar is the logic of speech even as logic is the grammar of reason.”
“Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.”
“We loved with a love that was more than love.”
“Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.”
“What does the brain matter compared with the heart?”
“A philosopher operates with deductions. A sophist operates with paradoxes. A "public intellectual" operates with buzzwords.”
“And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable.”
“I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscio...”
“Heisenberg and Bohr and Einstein strike me as being like gifted retriever dogs. Off they go, not just for an afternoon, but for ten years; they come back exhausted and triumphant and drop at your f...”
“It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.”
“You can scoff at opinions. You can reject hypotheses. You can discard theories out of hand. But you cannot reject the facts”
“Logic has rid us of the absurdity of our clothes. That’s progress, no irony, only now we are cold. Hale and ill trade bodies with unusual willingness, while in midair souls tangle. The young start ...”
“So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor is it like a scientist testing a theory. This is a unique art for...”
“It's difficult to know where to begin, sir.''Yes, the beginning is the tricky part. But perhaps there is no beginning, perhaps we can't look that far back.' He got up from his desk and went over to...”
