Ts'ui Pe must have said once: I am withdrawing to write a book. And another time: I am withdrawing to construct a labyrinth. Every one imagined two works; to no one did it occur that the book and the maze were one and the same thing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ts'ui Pe's book and labyrinth were intended as a single work, not two separate ones.
- In plain terms
- He planned one project as both a book and a maze.
- What can you take from it?
- Complex ideas can unify separate concepts.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can be two things at once?
- How do you design?
Another view
Others might still see them as distinct forms.
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