Quotes by Function The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures. Georges Braque art-isfunctionart The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing Gerry Mulligan baritonesmulligansfunction The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power. Gerry Spence functionlawjustice It's true that things are beautiful when they work. Art is function. Giannina Braschi functionbeautifulart The painter sees the semblance of things and repeats it. That is, without fabricating the things himself, he fabricates their semblance; and, if that no longer recalls any object, this artificially produced semblance functions only because it is scrutinized for likeness to a familiar - that is, object-related - semblance. Gerhard Richter painterfunctionpainting Enlightenment is the inner light of wisdom that is permanently free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso functionlightappearance What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.' Giles Andreae wowfunctionthinking The subject matter of art is life, life as it actually is; but the function of art is to make life better. Gertrude Stein functionmatterart The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange. Gilbert K. Chesterton functionstrangeimagination I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. George Washington functionvoicecountry Engineers at General Motors have developed a revolutionary new engine whose only function is to lubricate itself. George Carlin functionengineersrevolutionary I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It's a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function. Greg Iles functionperfectwriting One doesn't expect justice from life ... it's the function of human beings to put it there. Gwethalyn Graham functionhumansjustice The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe even out of, his seat, - he's integrated totally into the function he performs. H. R. Giger integratedfunctionbuilding A thing in itself never expresses anything. It is the relation between things that gives meaning to them and that formulates a thought. A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea. Hans Hofmann functiongivingideas A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea. Hans Hofmann functionideas Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life. Havelock Ellis functionbirth-controlsocial Reproduction is so primitive and fundamental a function of vital organisms that the mechanism by which it is assured is highly complex and not yet clearly understood. It is not necessarily connected with sex, nor is sex necessarily connected with reproduction. Havelock Ellis functionfundamentalssex In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. Henri Poincare functionmindpeople What is the professor's function? To pass on to numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary, unimportant, and largely untrue. H. L. Mencken professorsfunctionbody«1234567891011»
