“Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.” MeanScienceLiteratureTechnologySuccessfulAtheismRecipes Author:Paul Valery
“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.” TruthScienceHonestySpringDiscoveryMetaphorOneselfProofFollyParadoxFoolishnessOracles Author:Paul Valery
“The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.” ScienceUniversePlansBuiltStructureProfoundIntellectSymmetry Author:Paul Valery
“One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall.” ScienceFallMoonNewton Author:Paul Valery
“Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.” ArtScienceLyingArtistInterestClearConditionsAccountsWork OutCombinationFormulasVariables Author:Paul Valery
