Self-similarity is a dull subject because you are used to very familiar shapes. But that is not the … - Benoit Mandelbrot

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The artist, even when he imitates nature, always feels himself to be not a slave but a demigod.

Benoit Mandelbrot

Self-similarity is a dull subject because you are used to very familiar shapes. But that is not the case. Now many shapes which are self-similar again, the same seen from close by and far away, and which are far from being straight or plane or solid.

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