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Quote by John Berger

“Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.”

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John Berger

John Berger, born on November 5, 1926 and died on January 2, 2017, was a renowned British art critic and writer. His work spanned across various fields including painting, photography, and literature, known for his unique perspective and profound insights. more

“As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice--there is no standard higher than the assent of the relevant community. To discover how scientific revolutions are effected, we shall therefore have to examine not only the impact of nature and of logic, but also the techniques of persuasive argumentation effective within the quite special groups that constitute the community of scientists.”

Source: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

“Each paradigm will be shown to satisfy more or less the criteria that it dictates for itself and to fall short of a few of those dictated by its opponent.”

Fall Opponents Criteria Paradigm

Book:The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Source: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

“Prosperity too often has the same effect on a Christian that a calm at sea has on a Dutch mariner; who frequently, it is said, in those circumstances, ties up the rudder, gets drunk, and goes to sleep.”

Said Christian Sleep Sea Effects Circumstances Calm Prosperity Drunk Ties Dutch Mariners Rudders

Author:William Cornelius Van Horne

“The Englishmen is at his best on the links and at his worst in the Cabinet.”

Worst Links Englishmen Cabinets

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“The horse never knows I'm there until he needs me.”

Knows Needs Horse

Author:Bill Shoemaker

“Life is moral responsibility.”

Life Is Responsibility Moral Moral Responsibility

Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

“Possibly the Creator did not make the world chiefly for the purpose of providing studies for gifted novelists; but if He had done so, we can scarcely imagine that He could have offered anything much better in the way of material.”

Ifs World Way Done Purpose Study Imagine Materials Creator Novelists Imagine That Providing Gifted

Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

“Truth, like climate, is common property.”

Truth Common Property Climate

Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward