Quotes by Gestalt The essay form has superceded the novel as the vehicle that best suggests the prevailing apocalyptic gestalt, and as the talisman that is most able to repel the onset of paralysing dread. Adam Parfrey talismansgestaltable I've decided to skip 'holistic'. I don't know what it means, and I don't want to know. That may seem extreme, but I followed the same strategy toward 'Gestalt' and the 'Twist', and lived to tell the tale. Calvin Trillin twistsgestaltmean Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back. Carrie Fisher behind-my-backgestaltlittles My parents are famously not part of the gestalt of the fashion industry. David Lauren gestaltfashionparent I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too. Dick York gestaltablewant ...nobody can stand truth if it is told to him. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then, the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable. Frederick Salomon Perls gestaltpridediscovery You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Frederick Salomon Perls gestaltachievestage You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped. Frederick Salomon Perls gestaltchancebeautiful Surprisingly, Gestalt psychologists have found that when subjected to Ganz fields for long periods of time, we hallucinate. Can empty fields serve as mirrors, not for our exteriors, but for our interiors? John Paul Caponigro gestaltmirrorslong There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such wholes. Max Wertheimer gestaltelementsdetermined Graphic design, which evokes the symmetria of Vituvius, the dynamic symmetry of Hambidge, the asymmetry of Mondrian; which is a good gestalt, generated by intuition or by computer, by invention or by a system of coordinates, is not good design if it does not communicate. Paul Rand gestaltintuitiondesign Your freedom is a supreme value. Nothing is higher than that. But your freedom is possible only if you are not encaged in your habits, unconscious patterns of living. Change your gestalt from unconsciousness to consciousness. Rajneesh gestaltpatternsfreedom Most photographs take their cues from advertising, where the priority is high image content for an easy Gestalt reading. Richard Serra gestaltprioritiesreading I am interested in what I term gestalts; picture circumstances which bring together disparate images or ideas so as to form new meanings and new configurations. Robert Heinecken gestalttogetherideas The transition between competing paradigms cannot be made a step at a time, forced by logic and neutral experience. Like the gestalt switch, it must occur all at once (though not necessarily in an instant) or not at all. Thomas Kuhn gestalttransitionsteps There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself. Terrorism as we ordinarily understand it is innately media-related. William Gibson gestaltmediamay
