The basic thesis of gestalt theory might be formulated thus: there are contexts in which what is happening in the whole cannot be deduced from the ch….

There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt….

"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether it itself be ….

Given a situation, a system with a Leerstelle [a gap], whether a given completion (Lueckenfuellung) does justice to the structure, is the "right" one….

There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determine….

Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these r….

Often, in great discovery the most important thing is that a certain question is found..

Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total….

Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when they are at work, then the most unnatural beha….

It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal ….

Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes diseased at t….