“So what we can answer [as geneticists] is questions about biology, about biological ancestry. But to make any sense of that historically we have to contextualize it - the archaeology, the linguistic pattern, even the climatology.” AnswersPatternsBiologyAncestryArchaeology Author:Spencer Wells
“The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.” ArtStoriesHandsAnswersNovelEffectsReaderShapesLongingPatternsWitDramaticSignificanceParadoxShort StoryPrimitiveCraving Author:V. S. Pritchett
“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.” PeopleTryingSometimesNightSpaceAnswersClearImagineCommunicationAreasPatternsInvisibleMake SenseCodeMultipleTranslationsSpace BetweenMisinterpretation Author:Taryn Simon
“Learning to savor the vertigo of doing without answers or making do with fragmentary ones opens up the pleasures of recognizing and playing with patterns, finding coherence within complexity, sharing within multiplicity.” AnswersPleasureFindingsPatternsComplexityRecognizingMultiplicityCoherenceVertigo Author:Mary Catherine Bateson