Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but…

Rudolf Arnheim
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Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it says is that a large sum of elements may have properties not found in a smaller sample of them. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1974). Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order, p.21, Univ of California Press
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