Unique Irreducible Element

Famous quotes containing the words unique, irreducible and/or element:

    “When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “If an irreducible distinction between theatre and cinema does exist, it may be this: Theatre is confined to a logical or continuous use of space. Cinema ... has access to an alogical or discontinuous use of space.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    “We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. Maugre all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)