
“Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.”
Letters
“Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.”
Letters
“It should be said that such an art would be neither more false nor more true than classical art.”
Cubism was born
Source: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“Logical rationality is neither subversive nor nonsubversive. It is simply a statement of fact.”
Source: They'd Rather Be Right (1954), pp. 17-18.
“I don't agree with any ideas he puts forth in his writing, but that is neither here nor there.”
Introduction to The Golden Man (1980)
Context: Several years ago, when I was ill, Heinlein offered his help, anything he could do, and we had never met; he would phone me to cheer me up and see how I was doing. He wanted to buy me an electric typewriter, God bless him — one of the few true gentlemen in this world. I don't agree with any ideas he puts forth in his writing, but that is neither here nor there. One time when I owed the IRS a lot of money and couldn't raise it, Heinlein loaned the money to me. I think a great deal of him and his wife; I dedicated a book to them in appreciation. Robert Heinlein is a fine-looking man, very impressive and very military in stance; you can tell he has a military background, even to the haircut. He knows I'm a flipped-out freak and still he helped me and my wife when we were in trouble. That is the best in humanity, there; that is who and what I love.
Source: 1956 - 1967, Art-as-Art Dogma' part II, (1964), p. 155
"On Prejudice"
Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852)