Free Variables

Famous quotes containing the words free and/or variables:

“Give a man a free hand and he’ll try to put it all over you.”
—Raoul Walsh, U.S. screenwriter. Frisco Doll (Mae West)

“Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.”
—Paul Valéry (1871–1945)