单词 | god is in the details |
释义 | > as lemmasGod is in the details i. God is in the details (and variants) [after German der liebe Gott steckt im Detail God is in the detail (1925 in A. Warburg; compare quot. 1953)] : the success of a plan, enterprise, etc., is dependent on scrupulous attention to and execution of small, fine details.The phrase is particularly associated with the German Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe (see quot. 1957). ΚΠ 1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. R. Curtius European Lit. & Lat. Middle Ages ii. 35 We must..proceed from generalities to the concrete wealth of the substance of history... But, as Aby Warburg used to say to his students, ‘God is in detail [Ger. der liebe Gott steckt im Detail]’. 1957 Life 18 Mar. 68/1 While emphasizing fundamental principles of architecture, he [sc. Mies van der Rohe] reminds them that ‘God is in the details’. 1985 World Politics 37 560 If God is in the detail—..if it is the specificity, the concreteness of social life that brings us closest to understanding it, [etc.]. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. d1 I discovered Ms. Heatter's books when I was a teenager... I loved their exactitude... Suggestions like..chilling the beaters and bowl before whipping heavy cream for the fluffiest texture. God is in the details, as they say. < as lemmas |
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