#theory

His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#could #fiction #his #non-fiction #theory

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#biology #bound #claims #different #god

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#complexity #cumulative #evolution #existence #explaining

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#doubt #earth #evolution #goes #much

Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. ↗

— Claude Debussy

#conform #hear #i #i can #i wish

In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#colors #does #essence #find #i

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#hart #i #i think #jazz #knowledge

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#history #life #nothing #read #theory

They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#above #also #analysis #based #collect

I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction. ↗

— David Eddings

#fiction #general #hesitate #i #mankind