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“It is a profound mistake to think that every thing has been discovered; as well think the horizon the boundary of the world.”

Thinking World Wells Has Beens Mistake Discovery Profound Boundaries Horizon

Author:Antoine-Marin Lemierre

“The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown of a long and fruitful period, whereas the discovery which comes as a puzzle and surprise usually marks a fresh epoch and opens a new chapter in science.”

Long Has Beens Science Interest Theory Periods Discovery Importance Mark Surprise Profound Chapters Crowns Puzzles Epoch

Author:Oliver Lodge

“Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.”

Ifs Has Beens Discovery Persecution Could Have Been

Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

“Whatever has been discovered has to be put to use - otherwise, what is the use of the discovery?”

Has Beens Use Discovery

Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave.”

Has Beens Used Discovery Slave Publishing Printing

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Women have been denied access to advanced methods of self discovery throughout the ages.”

Has Beens Self Age Women Enlightenment Discovery Method Access Self Discovery Denied

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The few women who have been admitted to the study are usually given a second-class status in which they are taught only the basics of self-discovery.”

Has Beens Self Given Women Class Study Taught Enlightenment Discovery Self Discovery Basics Class Status

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.”

Ifs Men Believe Has Beens Would Be Results Powerful Emotion Known Journey Discovery Importance Shame Accomplished Most Powerful Abandoned Ignominy Powerful Emotions

Book:An Instance of the Fingerpost

Source: An Instance of the Fingerpost

“originality" is everyone's aim, and novel techniques are as much prized as new scientific discoveries. [T.S.] Eliot states it with surprising naïveté: "It is exactly as wasteful for a poet to do what has been done already as for a biologist to rediscover Mendel's discoveries.”

Has Beens States Done Novel Poet Discovery Aim Technique Surprising Originality Biologist Scientific Discovery Vets Eliot Mendel

Author:Randall Jarrell

“The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all great artists have renounced the use of effects. And in simplifying nature, they made it all the greater.”

Ifs Has Beens Made Use Artist Greater Effects Masters Discovery Made It Great Art Great Artist Impressionists

Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir

“America has had the best university system in the world for a long time. And so we have been innovators, not only in the discoveries as proven by Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physics and that sort of thing, but we've been able to put that into practical application with new gadgets that people admire.”

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Author:Jimmy Carter

“For me art is a continuous discovery into reality, an exploration of visual data which has been going on for centuries, each artist contributing to the next generation's advancement. I wanted to go a step further and extend the boundaries.”

Has Beens Art Reality Wanted Artist Next Steps Generations Century Art Is Discovery Boundaries Data Visuals Exploration Next Generation Advancement Contributing

Book:Breaking the rules: Audrey Flack, a retrospective 1950-1990

Source: Breaking the rules: Audrey Flack, a retrospective 1950-1990

“All we discover has been with us since the sun began to roll; and much we discover, is not worth the discovering.”

Has Beens Sun Discovery Discovering

Book:Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

Source: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither