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“The new painters do not propose, any more than did their predecessors, to be geometers. But it may be said that geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer. Today, scholars no longer limit themselves to the three dimensions of Euclid. The painters have been lead quite naturally, one might say by intuition, to preoccupy themselves with the new possibilities of spatial measurement which, in the language of the modern studios, are designated by the term fourth dimension.”

“Since I found that one could make a case shadow from a three-dimensional thing, any object whatsoever - just as the projecting of the sun on the earth makes two dimensions - I thought that by simple intellectual analogy, the fourth dimension could project an object of three dimensions, or, to put it another way, any three-dimensional object, which we see dispassionately, is a projection of something four-dimensional, something we are not familiar with.”

“I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.”

Feels Years Kind Might Three Evil Speak Wise Concepts Fascinated Fourth Monkeys Collecting Depiction

Author:Mackenzie Phillips

“There are three estates in Parliament but in the Reporters' Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. It is not a figure of speech or witty saying, it is a literal fact, very momentous to us in these times.”

Important Facts Three Knowledge Figures Speech Witty Fourth Reporters Estates Parliament Gallery Literal Figures Of Speech Witty Sayings

Author:Edmund Burke

“If the moon and earth were not retained in their orbits by their animal force or some other equivalent, the earth would mount to the moon by a fifty-fourth part of their distance, and the moon fall towards the earth through the other fifty-three parts, and they would there meet, assuming, however, that the substance of both is of the same density.”

Ifs Earth Fall Three Force Animal Moon Distance Assuming Substance Fifty Fourth Orbit Density

Author:Johannes Kepler

“One thing is sure - we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. ..To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.”

World Two Whole Moments Three Magic One Thing Objects Seeking Dimensions Fourth Canvas Glimpse

Book:Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950

Source: Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950

“Henceforward the Christian Churches having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, came into the hands of the Encratites: and the Heathens, who in the fourth century came over in great numbers to the Christians, embraced more readily this sort of Christianity, as having a greater affinity with their old superstitions, than that of the sincere Christians; who by the lamps of the seven Churches of Asia, and not by the lamps of the Monasteries, had illuminated the Church Catholic during the three first centuries.”

Firsts Hands Christian Form Three Church Numbers Christianity Greater Century Catholic Seven Sincere Fourth Superstitions Asia Lamps Godliness Affinity Christian Church Heathen Monasteries

Book:Observations

Source: Observations

“Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at least we can depend on the fourth.”

World Moving Three Water Fire Imagine Air Depends Elements West Stable Fourth

Book:Eight and a half women

Source: Eight and a half women

“I guess I'm what you call a slush-piler. I just sent my manuscripts to the slush pile of publishers and hoped for the best. Over seven years, I was rejected seven times on three different books. The fourth attempt was picked up by a small publisher, and I still have great memories of staying up all night, talking to my brother and sisters (my dad called me at 2:30 in the morning because I was overseas).”

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”

Inspirational Three Education Teach Learning Teacher Teaching Pure Educational Theatre Preparation Novelists Fourth Thank You Educator Great Teacher Good Teacher Best Teacher Teaching Children Great Education Good Education Teaching And Learning Education And Teachers Schools And Education Great Educational Teaching And Education Teachers And Teaching Teaching Education Teacher Student Teaching Learning Children Learning Inspirational Teacher Teacher And Student Inspirational Education Great Teaching Quality Education Being A Teacher Good Teaching Children Education Students And Education Good Students Teacher Appreciation Children And Education Good School Philosophy Of Education Art Teacher Teaching Students Thanking Teachers Teachers Learning From Students Teaching Kids Schools And Teachers Teaching Art Teacher Appreciation Week Teachers From Kids Primary Education Teaching Writing

Author:Gail Godwin

“I went to law school. I found it interesting for the first three weeks. By the fourth week, I found it tedious. I got bored and grew restless. I had no other plan for a job, because from seventh grade on, I had planned on law. So I shifted my focus from classes to extracurricular activities.”

Firsts School Jobs Law Three Found Interesting Class Focus Plans Week Grew Activity Bored Grades Fourth Restless Tedious Law School Seventh Grade Extracurricular Activities

Author:Demetri Martin

“Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.”

Two Reason Three Sex Behinds Failing Higher Communicate Fourth Bathroom Inability Inability To Communicate

Book:This 'n That

Source: This 'n That

“Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations.”

Has Beens Home Three Known Generations Guests Fourth Southerner Three Generations

Author:Mary Ellen Snodgrass

“If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.”

Ifs Knows Want Giving Should Three Students Fourth Want Him

Author:Confucius

“Had Poincaré been as strong in practical science as he was in theoretical he might have made a fourth with the incomparable three, Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss.”

Made Might Three Strong Practicals Fourth Theoretical Newton Incomparable

Book:Men of Mathematics

Source: Men of Mathematics