“No contradictions will arise as long as Finite Man does not mistake the infinite for something fixed, as long as he is not led by an acquired habit of mind to regard the infinite as something bounded.” MenMindLongDoeMistakeHabitInfiniteRegardAriseFixedContradictionFiniteHabits Of Mind Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.” LongStillsYoungBearsHabitRemainsContradictionNew Habits Author:Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“As an architect, I try to be guided not by habit but by a conscious sense of the past-by precedent, thoughtfully considered...As an artist, I frankly write about what I like in architecture: complexity and contradiction. From what we find we like-what we are easily attracted to-we can learn much of what we really are.” WritingTryingPastArtistHabitConsciousArchitectureComplexityContradictionArchitectPrecedent Author:Robert Venturi