“A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.”
“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.”
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Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)

Quote of Naum Gabo (1962), as cited in: Joseph Goguen (1999) Art and the Brain. p. 76
1936 - 1977

"Confessio Fidei" http://archive.org/stream/outspokenessays00ingeiala#page/24/mode/2up/search/I+have+never+understood+why+it+should+be+considered+derogatory+to+the+Creator+to+suppose+that+he+has+a+sense+of+humour, Outspoken Essays (Second Series) (1922)

Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Endymion (1880), Ch. 26.
“The sole purpose of man on earth is to manifest his Creator. He has no other purpose.”
Source: A New Concept of the Universe (1953), p. 139

p, 125
Geometrical Lectures (1735)

2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)