Famous quotes containing the words odd, perfect and/or numbers:
“Borrowers of booksthose mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.”
—Charles Lamb (17751834)
“It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.”
—Woodrow Wilson (18561924)
“What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with the innumerable; its efforts tend, on the contrary, to limit the numbers in all domains; it tries to count on its fingers.”
—Jean Dubuffet (19011985)
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