“In fact, for academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter of giving a frock coat to what is a mathematical frock coat. On the other hand, affirming that the universe resembles nothing and is only ‘formless’ amounts to saying that the universe is something like a spider or spittle.”[1]



[1] Bois, Yve-Alain and Krauss, E. Rosalind, Formless; A User’s Guide, (New York: Zone Books, 1997) pp. 5