An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Ida Pauline Rolf Quotes
Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Ida Pauline Rolf Quotes: Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order..."
| Birth: | 19th May, 1896 |
| Death: | 19th March, 1979 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Biochemist |
About
Ida Pauline Rolf was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was an American biochemist and the creator of Structural Integration or "Rolfing". She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1916. She began work at the Rockefeller Institute in the chemistry laboratory under the supervision of Phoebus Aaron Theodore Levene. She earned her PhD in biological chemistry from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1920. Her dissertation was titled "Three Contributions to the Chemistry of the Unsaturated Phosphatides". In the 1920s she was studying Yoga and Tantra with Pierre Bernard. From 1919 to 1927 she published 16 scholarly journal papers, mostly in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Share with your friends