James P. Carse quotes
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“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.”
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“Strength is paradoxical. I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them, but because I can allow them to do what they wish in the course of my play with them.”
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“A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.”
-- James P. Carse
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Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. May 19, 2006.
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“BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.”
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“That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.”
Source : Agnes Martin, Lawrence Alloway, University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Contemporary Art (1973). “Agnes Martin: exhibition January 22 to March 1, 1973”
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“Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.”
Source : "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Mind - A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Volume 59, No. 236, p. 450, 1950.
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“A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.”
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“I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me”
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“Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself.”
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