“It is as certain as it is strange that truth and error come from one and the same source. Thus it is that we are often not at liberty to do violence to error, because at the same time we do violence to truth.” TruthCertainLibertyViolenceStrangeSourceErrors Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it!” KnowsStrangeSourceReputationMachinery Author:Samuel R. Delany
“Those who wish, in the interest of morality, to reduce Leonardo, that inexhaustible source of creative power, to a neutral or sexless agency, have a strange idea of doing service to his reputation.” IdeasWishInterestCreativeStrangeSourceMoralityReputationAgencyCreative PowerLeonardo Book:Leonardo da Vinci Source: Leonardo da Vinci
“Let's say I take a picture of the Eiffel Tower in front of the casino in Las Vegas. That type of pattern might suggest I'm just a tourist. But if my next one is of another dam or electrical station, someone might say 'Well, that's kind of strange'. What do the different pieces of the puzzle mean when you put them together? And one of the advantages of geographic profiling in geography is a common denominator for so many different types of information sources.” IfsWellsKindMeanDifferentMightTogetherNextCommonPiecesFrontsInformationStrangeSourceTypeAdvantagePatternsStationsTowersPuzzlesGeographyVegasLas VegasTouristsElectricalCasinosCommon DenominatorDamsEiffel TowerEiffel Author:Kim Rossmo
“It is most certainly a good thing that the world knows only the beautiful opus but not its origins, not the conditions of its creation; for if people knew the sources of the artist's inspiration, that knowledge would often confuse them, alarm them, and thereby destroy the effects of excellence. strange hours! strangely enervating labor! bizarrely fertile intercourse of the mind with a body!” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldMindBodyInspirationBeautifulArtistHoursConditionsEffectsCreationStrangeSourceLaborGood ThingsExcellenceAlarmsIntercourseFertile Author:Thomas Mann