"Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently."

-- Benoit Mandelbrot

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“I dont watch a whole lot of stand up. Mainly I prefer to read writers; they make me laugh the most. Something gets you when youre alone and someones voice is coming through their work. Theres a different quality to it that stays with you a bit more.”
“Christianity doesn't come into it. George Bush and Tony Blair are not Christians. Religious people believe in the prophets, peace be upon them. Bush believes in the profits and how to get a piece of them. So don't ever confuse this with a war of civilizations.”

Source : CBC "The Hour" with George Stroumboulopoulos, November 20, 2006.
“From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be generated beneath the Moon or above the Moon, but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself - one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world.”
“It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.”
“Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.”
“Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.”
“In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way.”
“I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.”

Source : "Taryn Simon's Visual Babel". Interview with Lauren Cornell, www.newyorker.com. August 2, 2012.

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