Roger Smith (executive) (1925–2007) CEO
Cited in: " Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies: What is Liberal Studies? http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/4/bachelor-of-arts-in-liberal-studies/department-details.cfm#f2" on georgetown.edu about bachelor of arts in liberal studies, 2013. <br class="br">The liberal arts and the art of management (1987)
“Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
“Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well.”
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) American mathematician and information theorist
You and Your Research (1986)
Context: Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead; they doubt it enough to notice the errors and faults so they can step forward and create the new replacement theory. If you believe too much you'll never notice the flaws; if you doubt too much you won't get started. It requires a lovely balance.
Robert Venturi book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
3. Ambiguity
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.”
Stephen Sondheim (1930) American composer and lyricist
“To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me.”
George Gissing book Will Warburton
Will Warburton (1905), ch. 3
Kenneth E. Iverson (1920–2004) Canadian computer scientist
Source: Math for the Layman (1999), Ch. 10, §D
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
Source: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story
“Families are the best place to learn and practice mutual tolerance and acceptance.”
Begum Aga Khan (1963) German philanthropist
Interview with FOCUS Magazine, July 2005 http://www.princessinaara.org/news/Focus-07-2005.pdf
