Art and science mean trying to understand.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Art and science share the goal of comprehending the world.
- In plain terms
- Both art and science try to understand things.
- What can you take from it?
- Value art and science as inquiry.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your art seek truth?
- What science informs your view?
Another view
Art also values expression over understanding.
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