#construct

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#constructing #correspond #knowing #less #means

Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and looked up specific things about rocketry and so on, really suck. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#author #computer #computer program #construct #him

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#big #brush #building #choose #construction

Être architecte n'est pas seulement construire, c'est créer de larges espaces avec peu de place. ↗

— Yannick Heywang

#architecture #construction #création #créativité #créer

The thin line between life and death is still under construction. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#death #life #death

Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#around #constructed #did #documentary #fit

In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#allows #block #communities #community #construct

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#constructions #hard #inferences #judges #laws

I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op. ↗

— William Baldwin

#celebrity status #constructive #dirty #get #hands

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#character #constructs #more #quieter #relegated