Quotes by Topography I don't think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it's more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on. Alan Moore topography bricks-and-mortar thinking The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess. Alexander Kotov topography games chess Topography displays no favorites; North's as near as West. Elizabeth Bishop topography maps color Architectural features of true democratic ground-freedom would rise naturally from topography, which means that buildings would all take on the nature and character of the ground on which in endless variety they would stand and be component part. Frank Lloyd Wright topography character mean Try for a record of emotion, rather than a piece of topography. Frederick H. Evans topography pieces trying Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness. Jerry Saltz topography alternatives world Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death. John Betjeman topography fear-of-death country I really love James Joyce, Dubliners and other work. And I was interested in the way the dash was used in English topography - in his work particularly - and I realized there was no compulsion to use those ugly dot-dot curlicues all over the place to designate dialogue. I began to look around, and found writers who could make transitions quite clear by the language itself. I'm a bit of a maverick now. I'm always trying to push the medium. John Edgar Wideman topography always-trying transition We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography. Michael Polanyi topography principles example But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography. Michael Polanyi topography defined physics Science is the topography of ignorance. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. topography ignorance science Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and howling to get out R. A. Lafferty topography learning consciousness In battle, topography is fate. Rick Atkinson topography fate battle