“The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science.”

“A biblically based worldview is capable of affirming the best insights of secular philosophies without ever falling into reductionism.”

“Science seeks to understand complex processes by reducing them to their essential actions and studying the interplay of those actions--and this reductionist approach extends to art as well. Indeed, my focus on one school of art, consisting of only three major representatives, is an example of this. Some people are concerned that a reductionist analysis will diminish our fascination with art, that it will trivialize art and deprive it of its special force, thereby reducing the beholder's share to an ordinary brain function. I argue to the contrary, that be encouraging a focus on one mental process at a time, reductionism can expand our vision and give us new insights into the nature and creation of art. These new insights will enable us to perceive unexpected aspects of art that derive from the relationships between the biological and psychological phenomena.”

“By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with a sound produced by the vocal cords." (p. 28)”

“..humans love complexity of thought. This they pursue on the totally baseless assumption that complexity indicates profundity or truth.”

“Loving is a laborious and complex business.”