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Alfred N. Whitehead, the eminent philosopher and mathematician, was convinced of the indispensable relationship of Science, Technology, Art and Religion.  I can believe that the administration and faculty of Carnegie-Mellon University have based their training of students on assumptions that are entirely compatable with Whitehead's conception of these imperatives.  They have invited me, an artist, to speak to you, who are for the most part in the various scientific and technological disciplines, as you go out to apply the concepts and skills you have acquired here.

After all, when we talk about the ultimate human ends of science and technology we are concerned with aesthetics-indeed the world of art.  Science is greatly absorbed with mankind's perceptions of the objective world.  Art, whether it be literature, dance, music, or painting, sculpture and the graphic arts, is concerned with the conceptions men and women have of themselves, and of their relation to the world around them.  However, neither the scientist, the technologist, nor the artist, works in a vacuum; all are involved with human ends.  That is to say, human impulses, drives, urges, desires, motives and ideals.

Thomas Mann has described man as the means through which nature becomes aware of itself.  Mankind, then, is nature with consciousness, and men and women are aware of themselves, and those things around them, to a greater extent than any other form of life on this planet.  In acquiring consciousness, we also acquired a conscience, which is a concern about the consequence of action, and, naturally, a desire for that which is most serviceable to mankind.

Again, I like to believe that the faculty wanted an artist to speak today, because they wanted to make sure, that for all the specialized demands of your chosen fields of endeavor, you do not lose sight of human ends, which are of primary importance to the artist.  There was