Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurat...e because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Between two and three there is a jump. In the case of quantity, there is no such jump; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity, it is impossible for any quantity to be exact. You can have exactly three tomatoes. You can never have exactly three gallons of water. Always quantity is approximate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In certain almost supernatural states of the soul, the profundity of life reveals itself entirely in the spectacle, however ordina...ry it may be, before one's eyes. It becomes its symbol.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The chartered recountants take the thing to pieces and put it together again. They enjoy it. The artist takes it to pieces and mak...es a new thing, new things. He must.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Put on your rubbers and you won't catch cold. Here's hell, there's heaven. Go to Sunday School.... Be patient, time brings all good things (and cool Strong balm to calm the burning at the brain?) Behold, Love's true, and triumphs, and God's actual.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »