“The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is.” WayMeanUniverseAnimalInterestingBrainImpressionPerceiveSimplestEdited Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“The word "art" means harmony for me. I never speak of mathematics and never bother with the Spirit. My only science is the choice of impressions that the light in the universe furnishes to my consciousness as an artisan which I try, by imposing an Order, and Art, an appropriate representative life, to organize.” TryingMeanArtLightSpiritOrderChoicesUniverseSpeakConsciousnessHarmonyMathematicsImpressionBotherAppropriateRepresentativesOrganizeImposingArtisans Author:Robert Delaunay
“For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand they suppose that they are stationary, together with everything on board. In the same way, the motion of the earth can unquestionably produce the impression that the entire universe is rotating.” WayHandsEarthTogetherUniverseProduceImpressionShipsBoardsFloatingSailorStationaryRotating Book:Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions Source: Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions
“I hope I'm not giving the impression of an ivory tower science, but for me science is an attempt to understand, it's an attempt to understand the universe.” GivingUniverseImpressionTowersIvoryIvory Tower Author:George Coyne