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Quote by Ernest Rutherford

“We are rather like children, who must take a watch to pieces to see how it works.”

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Ernest Rutherford, a British physicist, is renowned as the founder of nuclear physics. Born on August 30, 1871, in New Zealand, he passed away on October 19, 1937, in the United Kingdom. Rutherford made significant breakthroughs in the study of radioactivity, proposed the nuclear model of the atom, and discovered the proton. more

“We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of generals. In the same way, there is nothing more dangerous than justice in the hands of judges, and a paint brush in the hands of a painter! Just think of the danger to society! But today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets because we no longer admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping them in our midst.”

Thinking Way Heart Art War Hands Might Today Artist Justice Dangerous Havens Danger Poet Judging Jokes Instruments Paint Painter Midst Brushes Paint Brushes

Author:Pablo Picasso

“Aspirations after the holy,--the only aspiration in which the human soul can be assured that it will never meet with disappointment.”

Humans Soul Holy Disappointment Aspiration Assured Human Soul

Book:Grace and Isabel: Or, to Seem and to be

Source: Grace and Isabel: Or, to Seem and to be

Quote by Ernest Rutherford

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