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"I became intrigued with colour theory. The absurd pronouncements of the Colour Institute, a group that decides what colours are hot each year or season, amused me."
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"The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual."
"The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding."
"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."
"If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory."
"Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for them."
"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."
"I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have."
"A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories."
"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."
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"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
"I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone."
"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."
"I became intrigued with colour theory. The absurd pronouncements of the Colour Institute, a group that decides what colours are hot each year or season, amused me."
"The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like."
"Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem."
"Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense."
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