Source: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 6 (p. 43)
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
"LOOK Magazine Article 'The Arts in America' (552)" (18 December 1962) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx; also inscribed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. <br class="br">1962
“Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Daniel Bell book The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Source: The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976), Chapter 3, The Sensibility of the Sixties, p. 124
“Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality.”
Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017) American writer and philosopher
NPR Interview http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4612364 with Pirsig (1974)
Chris Cornell (1964–2017) American singer-songwriter, musician
When asked what he would write in a letter to himself at the age of 18 ** What Would CHRIS CORNELL Tell Himself At 18? 'Don't Drink', Blabbermouth, 4 November 2011 http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/what-would-chris-cornell-tell-himself-at-18-don-t-drink/, <br class="br">Soundgarden Era
“Art must break the chains, all rules and formulas.”
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915) French writer
L'Idealisme esaay in Le Chemin de Velours 1902
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John H. Holland (1929–2015) US university professor
Source: Hidden Order - How Adaptation Builds Complexity (1995), Ch 4. Simulating Echo, p. 146
Context: Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is guided by taste, elegance, and metaphor; it is a matter of induction, rather than deduction. High science depends on this art.
