“The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be treated with precision. I have never had more satisfaction than in proving this in the realms of art, politics and history.” MindArtScienceHistoryStudyProveMathematicsSatisfactionTreatedMathematicalRealmsTreatmentQuantityPrecision Book:Life and Letters of H. Taine: 1870-1892 Source: Life and Letters of H. Taine: 1870-1892
“The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies.” MenArtDiesMaterialsIntellectualArt IsClimateProductionsDeterminedWorks Of Art Author:Hippolyte Taine