Kurt Koffka quotes

Kurt Koffka quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“It has been said: The whole is more than the sum of its parts. It is more correct to say that the whole is something else than the sum of its parts, because summing up is a meaningless procedure, whereas the whole-part relationship is meaningful.”
-- Kurt Koffka

Source : Kurt Koffka (1999). “Principles of Gestalt Psychology”, p.176, Psychology Press

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“And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them.”
“Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.”
“Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?”
“Freedom of speech implies the world isnâ€™t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.”
“The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
“I had a nice read on the putt and I said to myself, 'This is for you, Jesus, ' and knocked it in.”
“I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.”
“The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.”
“Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence.”

Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.155, Univ of California Press
“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.”

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