"I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is weaker than I would like. And most likely the readers, authors, and editors of that magazine would be equally hard pressed to come up with cogent, non-technical arguments convincing a skeptic of this point, especially if pitted against a clever lawyer arguing the contrary. How come Truth is such a slippery beast?"

-- Douglas Hofstadter

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“I always think that art is one of the most wonderful exciting curious ways to learn. I have no worries or apologies about art being used as a teaching medium.”

Source : "Rome Interview: Peter Greenaway On ‘Goltzius And The Pelican Company,’ Sergei Eisenstein, 3D & The Future Of Cinema" by Jessica Kiang, www.indiewire.com. November 19, 2012.
“Citizen KaneÂ is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.”
“All true stories end in death.”

Source : Matthew Woodring Stover (2008). “Blade of Tyshalle”, p.506, Del Rey
“The team with the best players wins.”
“Glamour is a shooting star, it catches your eye, but fades away, beauty is the sun always brilliant day after day.”
“If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.”
“Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.”
“What is mathematics? Ask this question of person chosen at random, and you are likely to receive the answer "Mathematics is the study of number." With a bit of prodding as to what kind of study they mean, you may be able to induce them to come up with the description "the science of numbers." But that is about as far as you will get. And with that you will have obtained a description of mathematics that ceased to be accurate some two and a half thousand years ago!”

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