“The basic function of thought is to find ways of satisfying our needs and desires. The Surrealism of Breton and the functionalism of architecture which was more concerned with the way in which thought functions rather than with its function, — was initially idealistic. But is this not something which we can extract from Breton’s definition of automatism?”

Source: Management and technology, Problems of Progress Industry, 1958, p. 21-22

The evolution of socio-technical systems, (1981)

Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 42

Letter 2
Letters on Logic: Especially Democratic-Proletarian Logic (1906)

An Afternoon with Mark Pesce: The Uncut Version http://hyperreal.org/~mpesce/interview.html

Quote from Van Doesburg's unpublished writing, 'Fundamental principles', 1930; as cited in Theo van Doesburg, Joost Baljeu, Studio Vista, London 1974, p. 203
1926 – 1931

This process, in a tradition which goes back to the Greeks, has commonly been regarded as involving three (or four) factors: that which acts as a sign, that which the sign refers to, and the effect on some interpreter in virtue of which the thing in question is a sign to that interpreter. These three components in semiosis may be called, respectively, the sign vehicle, the designatum, and the interpretant; the interpreter may be included as a fourth factor. These terms make explicit the factors left undesignated in the common statement that a sign refers to something for someone.
Source: "Foundations of the Theory of Signs," 1938, p. 3

Source: Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul

Source: Brainstorms (1978), p. xvi