“There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter - loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of child or man. Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.” MenLifeHeartChildrenFeelingsFormSpiritSocialVoiceHeardChildhoodExpressionSpringLaughterPhilosopherUpliftingAnalysisSignificanceEgotismMerry Author:William Osler
“If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from a problem, but also of those arising in subsequent analysis, generalization, and specialization.” IfsProblemExpressionToolsNotionAnalysisConvenientGeneralizationSpecialization Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality. It seems, in the last analysis, to have something to do with our self-preservation; and that, no doubt, is why the expression of it, the sound of its words, helps us to live our lives.” SelfHelpingRealitySeemsLastsSoundImaginationDoubtOur LivesExpressionPressureAnalysisNo DoubtPreservationSelf Preservation Book:The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination Source: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination
“Poetic language features an iconic rather than a predominantly conventional relationship of form and content in which all language (and cultural) elements, variant as well as invariant, may be involved in the expression of the content.", "Analysis of the Poetic Text.” WellsMayArtFormPoetryLanguageExpressionInvolvedElementsFeaturesAnalysisPoeticConventionalIconic Author:Yuri Lotman
“When I feel something very intensely or deeply or personally, I can go to extremes of self-expression or self-analysis by writing a poem - more than I can just talking to somebody or writing prose.” FeelsWritingI CanSelfTalkingExpressionExtremesAnalysisProseSelf ExpressionSelf Analysis Author:Jimmy Carter