Algorithmic art

Algorithmic art rejects predictable patterns because interesting pictures are not deterministic

Image making processes are supported by experts at analyzing the random pictures that comes out; they are called stochastic artists, but they are really statisticians.

Crazy things need code switching

Crazy things need code switching to advertise their conformity to particular groups.

You can't live well without an exquisite sense of the improbable.

Anni Albers

algorithmic doodlings

Mathematics aims to instill a sense of seriousness with its algorithmic art.

The art revolution has been accompagnied by an unfortunate tendency to hyperbole. This has led to unrealistic expectations among art dealers and to cynicism and pessimism within the artists community.

Tristan Tzara

artistic software for algorists

Computer-generated art from a naive algorist

The exact effect of art can't be controlled but algorithmic doodlings are easier to set up. Ironic pictures take everything seriously.

Augustus De Morgan, All this is quite possible, and the probabilities for and against are quite out of reach, but art is a minor branch of statistics.