"Order is a prerequisite of survival; therefore the impulse to produce orderly arrangements is inbred by evolution."

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Source : Rudolf Arnheim (1974). “Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order”, p.3, Univ of California Press

Rudolf Arnheim

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“If there were a generic one-word expression for 'one whose fear of the uncertainties of success moves him to surrender at the very moment of victory', it would be 'Republican'.”
“It was disconcerting for the novel to seem so different when I re-read it. Of course we are a different person each time we open a book to read it again; we can never really experience it in the same way, just as we can never step into the same stream twice.”
“I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.”
“The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, it's been about the American dream and the corruption of that dream.”
“Extra interest signifies extra risk.”
“As a woman, and as somebody in the public eye, we always have to be ready for the red carpet and have the nicest outfit, work with the best makeup artist. While all that's nice, we're also human beings.”
“Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they canâ€™t do anything because theyâ€™re tied up in knots.”
“One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash.”

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