“From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies.” ArtFormLyingViewsPoint Of ViewAbstractConcreteConvincing Book:Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections Source: Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections
“A convincing demonstration of correctness being impossible as long as the mechanism is regarded as a black box, our only hope lies in not regarding the mechanism as a black box.” LongLyingBlackImpossibleBoxesMechanismConvincingDemonstrationCorrectnessBlack Boxes Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“Though films become more daring sexually, they are probably less sexy than they ever were. There haven't been any convincing love scenes or romances in the movies in a while. (Nobody even seems to neck in theaters any more.) ... when the mechanics and sadism quotients go up, the movie love interest goes dead, and the film just lies there, giving a certain amount of offense.” GivingSeemsFilmRomanceLyingCertainInterestHavensAmountSceneTheaterSexyMovieNecksDaringOffenseMechanicConvincingSexuallyMovie LoveSadism Author:Renata Adler