Famous quotes containing the words basic and/or concepts:
“Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
“When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.”
—William James (1842–1910)