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Gerald M. Edelman1 quote
Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination. — Gerald M. Edelman · 2000Henry James1 quote
We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. — Henry James · 1893Hermann Hesse1 quote
But there is good and reason in us, in human beings, with whom fortune plays, and we can be stronger than nature and fate, if only for a few hours. And we can draw close to one another in times of need, understand and love one another, and live to comfort each other. And sometimes, when the black depths are silent, we can do even more. We can then be gods for moments, stretch out a commanding hand and create things which were not there before and which, when they are created, continue to live without us. — Hermann Hesse · 1910Isaac Newton1 quote
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being... This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont, to be called Lord God παντοκρατωρ or Universal Ruler. — Isaac Newton · 1713John Locke1 quote
Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. — John Locke · 1690John Updike1 quote
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and... He does it without destroying something else. — John Updike · 1977Lucretius1 quote
Nothing can be created from nothing. — Lucretius · 55 BCMark Twain1 quote
Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired. — Mark Twain · 1904Sir Thomas Browne1 quote
All things are artificiall, for nature is the Art of God. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643St. Thomas Aquinas1 quote
Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265