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Quote by Lewis Mumford
The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently respond

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does. – Lewis Mumford

Other quotes by Lewis Mumford

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. – Lewis Mumford

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power
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A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. – Lewis Mumford

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Miscellaneous
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Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. – Lewis Mumford

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Im a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kays geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap. – Robert Ballard

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The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. – Edward Teller

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Science

Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression. – Arthur Erickson

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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated. – James D. Watson

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You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others. – Steve Lacy

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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? – Alexander Pope

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Ive always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings. – Bob Brown

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I was always a sci-fi and fantasy geek. I was in the Lord of the Rings club and all my cool friends made fun of me. – Melissa de la Cruz

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