Art is limitation; the essence of every... by Stephen Jay Gould | We Heart Quotes

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Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Other quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

Knowledge and wonder are the dyad of our worthy lives as intellectual beings.

- Stephen Jay Gould

We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes — one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximum freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way.

- Stephen Jay Gould

We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Innovation Nothing

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Superiority

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.

- Stephen Jay Gould

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