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A man ceases
to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master
in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a
beginner all his life.
-- Robin G. Collingwood
1889-1943, British Historian,
Philosopher
Today the
function of the artist is to bring imagination to science
and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.
-- Cyril Connolly
1903-1974, British Critic
Everybody's a
mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to
experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend
off madness and chaos.
-- David Cronenberg
1943-, Canadian Filmmaker
Art has a
double face, of expression and illusion, just like science
has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of
truth.
-- Rene Daumal
1908-1944, French Poet,
Critic
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Every great
advance in science has issued from a new audacity of
imagination.
-- John Dewey
1859-1952, American
Philosopher, Educator
Faith is a
fine invention when Gentleman can see -- but microscopes are
prudent in an emergency
-- Emily Dickinson
1830-1886, American Poet
Do you see
this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory,
every church or temple in the world.
-- Denis Diderot
1713-1784, French Philosopher
The pursuit of
science leads only to the insoluble.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
1804-1881, British Statesman,
Prime Minister
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