“Painting is... a correspondence between what you are and what you see. It's a moment when something is holding together in such a way that it is a universe in itself... Within this is a test and also a judgment upon yourself, your capabilities, your promises, and the part that you play in the world. And nobody else can test that for you. Certainly not the Museum of Modern Art.” WorldWayArtPlayMomentsTogetherUniverseModernPaintingPromiseJudgmentTestsMuseumsCapabilityModernismCorrespondenceModern Art Author:Milton Resnick
“We can't test these absolute limits on humans. We can't blast them with sound. However, we can do that to animals because they don't have the same political base that we do.” HumansPoliticalSoundCan DoAnimalModernLimitsTestsAbsolutesModern LifeBlast Author:John Baird
“The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars.” MenGrowsGrowing UpModernTestsVersionsAssDescriptionMarsTubesIndecisionLeonardoCoca ColaUndecidedTime To Grow Up Author:Erwin Chargaff
“To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.” MenMindReasonTeachingModernCollegeBattleSurvivalHighestTestsPreservesEnduranceStakesWorth ItCollege Education Book:The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution Source: The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
“[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child's duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.” FirstsChildrenSelfStatesHelpingIndividualParentGoalCasesClearModernCenturyDutyConflictCommitmentTestsTreatmentSelf ControlPuritan17th Century Author:C. Sommerville
“Look on education as something between the child's soul and God. Modern Education tends to look on it as something between the child's brain and the standardized test.” LooksChildrenSoulBrainModernTestsModern Education Author:Charlotte Mason
“All of modern physics is governed by that magnificent and thoroughly confusing discipline called quantum mechanics ... It has survived all tests and there is no reason to believe that there is any flaw in it. We all know how to use it and how to apply it to problems; and so we have learned to live with the fact that nobody can understand it.” KnowsBelieveReasonFactsUseProblemKnow HowModernDisciplineTestsPhysicsNo ReasonFlawsQuantumMagnificentSurvivedMechanicConfusingQuantum MechanicsModern Physics Author:Murray Gell-Mann