Ludwig von Mises: "A work of art is an attempt to experience the universe as a whole. One cannot analyze or dissect it into parts and comment on it without destroying its intrinsic character." - Epistemological Problems of Economics
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| Ludwig von Mises | Man is the only animal that is able, within definite limits, to adjust his environment purposively to suit him better. | The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science | p. 8 | Environment |
| Ludwig von Mises | It is vain to provide for the needs of ages the technological abilities of which we cannot even dream. | Human Action | p. 383; p. 386 | Environment |
| Ludwig von Mises | Talk about the magnificence of untouched nature is idle if it does not take into account what man has got by desecrating nature. | Theory and History | pp. 218-19 | Environment |