“If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable obj...” — Gregory Bateson Quote

“If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time.”

“It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future.”

“Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one description is combined with another.”

“I'm an external person, I'm not than internal at all.”

“External pressure I never worried about.”

“And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.”