We Cannot Appreciate The Art Of Any

The Reason Why Research Is Like Sculpting From Memory Is That In Neither Is There A Concrete Visible Subject To Copy Directly. The Subject - As Sculptors Themselves Are Fond Of Saying - Is Hidden In The Block Of Material.

Science Is An All-pervasive Energy, For It Is At Once A Mode Of Thought, A Source Of Strong Emotion, And A Faith As Fanatical As Any In History.

The Book, Like The Bicycle, Is A Perfect Form.

Highly-adaptive, Informal Networks Move Diagonally And Eliptically, Skipping Entire Functions To Get Things Done.

On The One Hand, Society Needs A Common Faith And Vigorous Institutions With The Power To Coerce; And On The Other, The Individual As A Human Soul Or As The Bearer Of A New And Possibly Saving Heresy, Must Be Free. It Is Difficult Enough To Reconcile These Two Needs, But The Problem Holds Another Hazard: The Need Of Action Under The Pressure Of Time.