“Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers.” KnowsFirstsMistakeHeardSubjectsCommittedCombinationArtificialPrincipalLegislatorsReformersFatal Mistakes Author:Josiah Warren
“In the potential of absurdity, hiding in the disparate combination of the various different subjects which in themselves are nothing but daily items equally in the exclusive representation of a normal item taken out of their usual context, is by far the most radical - in its effect comparable to a Japanese Zen koan - paradox to be witnessed, which modern art has produced, one of the most forceful impulses that generated from it.” ArtDifferentTakenModernSubjectsEffectsNormalVariousRadicalCombinationImpulseParadoxHidingUsualRepresentationAbsurdityItemsExclusiveModern ArtDifferent Subjects Author:Antoni Tapies
“The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden with emotion that discussion can quickly turn to shouting. Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination.” ShouldTwoTurnsEmotionBloodSubjectsConversationCombinationDiscussionShedPoliteAdagesShoutingPolite Conversation Author:John C. Danforth
“Lully's machine, Mill's fear and Lasswitz's chaotic library can be the subject of jokes, but they exaggerate a propensity which is common: making metaphysics and the arts into a kind of play with combinations.” KindArtPlayCommonSubjectsJokesMachinesMathematicsLibraryCombinationMetaphysicsChaoticMillsPropensity Author:Jorge Luis Borges
“When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I dont see the feathers in the wings, I just count the wings. I see exciting shapes, color combinations, patterns, textures, fascinating behavior and endless possibilities for making interesting pictures. I regard the picture as an ecosystem in which all the elements are interrelated, interdependent, perfectly balanced, without trimming or unutilized parts; and herein lies the lure of the painting; in a world of chaos, the picture is one small rectangle in which the artist can create an ordered universe.” WorldLooksLyingArtistUniverseInterestingSubjectsPossibilityColorPaintingShapesBehaviorElementsExcitingRegardWingsChaosPatternsEndlessCombinationFascinatingBalancedFeathersTextureWildlifeEcosystemsLureTrimmingEndless PossibilitiesRectangles Author:Charley Harper
“We rarely hear, it has been said, of the combinations [that is, unions or colluding organizations] of masters, though frequently of those of workmen. But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject. Masters are always and everywhere in a sort of tacit, but constant and uniform combination, not to raise the wages of labor above their actual price.” WorldHas BeensSaidImagineSubjectsMastersEconomicsLaborOrganizationAccountsRaisesConstantUnionsIgnorantCombinationUniformsWagesWorkmenTacitWealth Of Nations Author:Adam Smith
“Experience, in short, is not a combination of mind and world, subject and object, method and subject matter, but is a single continuous interaction of a great diversity (literally countless in number) of energies.” WorldMindMatterEnergyNumbersSubjectsObjectsDiversityMethodCombinationInteractionSubject MatterGreat Diversity Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors