Eli Siegel Quotes

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The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.

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All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.

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The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites,

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Energy, like grammar, should be used correctly; the unjust expenditure of energy or its unjust withholding should cease immediately.

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The most important thing in industry is the person who does the industry, which is the worker... Labor is the only source of wealth.

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Within all conflagrations mathematical things are related.

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The universe, being clever, has given scientists trouble.

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The planets show grandeur and nicety in their operations; the question is, how did they learn this?

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An assumption, as such, is really not more daring than the facts.

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Facts are always whispering, uttering, and shouting advice.

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Space won't keep still, and it won't budge either: so give up trying.

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If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.

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The universe is Why, How, and What, in any order, and all at once.

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An idea is an eddy, an island of the mind, connected with a vast mainland.

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The weight of the universe is at one with all its space.

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