History of Quotes/Chaos

Don't Take My Word For It... Smart folks musing on the necessity of embracing chaos

"The creative act is to let down the net of human imagination into the ocean of chaos on which we are suspended and then to attempt to bring out of it ideas."

Terence McKenna, American philosopher

:''Terence McKenna, American philosopher''

"We live in a rainbow of chaos"

Paul Cezanne, French painter

:''Paul Cezanne, French painter''

"Planning is the substitution of error for chaos."

Anon.

:''Anon.''

"We adore chaos because we love to produce order."

M C Escher, Dutch artist

:''M C Escher, Dutch artist'' deal proactively with chaos, will look at the chaos per se as the source of market advantage, not as a problem to be gotten around."

Tom Peters, American business pontificator

"Chaos demands to be recognised and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order"

Herman Hesse, German author

:''Herman Hesse, German author''

"There is chaos under the heavens and the situation is excellent."

Chinese proverb

:''Chinese proverb''

"Freedom is just Chaos with better lighting"

Alan Dean Foster, American sci-fi author

:''Alan Dean Foster, American sci-fi author'' change in evolving systems has been rigorously described by [the mathematics of chaos]. Two new principles of change emerge from chaos theory. Small changes at the beginning of a process of evolution can have very large effects further downstream. Second, the outcome of a process is dependent upon the path it took to get there. Small, almost random changes accumulate over time to make the developmental path of every system in nature unique, if only slightly. On every tree, the leaves are very similar but not identical. In the universe, there are many spiral galaxies, but none is the duplicate of our own Milky Way. Uniqueness is the product of every unique event that occurs along the way, adding up in this instance to leaves or galaxies of slightly different shapes and sizes."

Peter Schwartz, American business author

"A whole new way of seeing change in evolving systems has been rigorously described by the mathematics of chaos. Two new principles of change emerge from chaos theory. Small changes at the beginning of a process of evolution can have very large effects further downstream. Second, the outcome of a process is dependent upon the path it took to get there. Small, almost random changes accumulate over time to make the developmental path of every system in nature unique, if only slightly. On every tree, the leaves are very similar but not identical. In the universe, there are many spiral galaxies, but none is the duplicate of our own Milky Way. Uniqueness is the product of every unique event that occurs along the way, adding up in this instance to leaves or galaxies of slightly different shapes and sizes."

:''Peter Schwartz, American business author''

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Henry B. Adams (1838-1918), U.S. historian.

:''Henry B. Adams (1838-1918), U.S. historian.''

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

Samuel Beckett (1906-89), Irish dramatist, novelist.

:''Samuel Beckett (1906-89), Irish dramatist, novelist.''

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist.

:''Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist.''

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

John Keats (1795-1821), English poet.

:''John Keats (1795-1821), English poet.''

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

George Santayana (1863-1952), U.S. philosopher, poet

:''George Santayana (1863-1952), U.S. philosopher, poet''

"Chaos is present everywhere in countless ways and forms, while Order remains an unattainable ideal."

Escher,1947

:''M.C. Escher, 1947''