However, we cannot accurately describe the operation of a system by examining exclusively the properties of the individual parts, without considering its structure, that is, the interaction of all parts that comprise the whole. Lancelot Whyte refers to structure as a definite arrangement, static or changing, of localizable parts, i.e. the association of the fundamental units. This formal system of relations determines what appears on the outside, what the eye perceives, or the form. Therefore, Atomism and Form are not mutually exclusive. Structure is the essential link between the two.
Structure is the basis of science and art.
Artists such as Cezanne and Mondrian are very concerned not only with the individual pieces of their works but the manner in which these pieces relate to one another. Cezanne spoke of tone, line, and color as the three elements of the formal structure of his painting. His goal was to create a prefect harmony of these three factors in a superior blend and ordered representation . This harmony is equivalent to structure and the final representation is the painting's form. According to Jacob Bronowski , the goals of science in the twentiet h century shifted from being focused on individual facts to searching for the structure in which precise measurements fit.