“Indeed, while Nature is wonderfully inventive of new structures, her conservatism in holding on to old ones is still more remarkable. In the ascending line of development she tries an experiment once exceedingly thorough, and then the question is solved for all time. For she always takes time enough to try the experiment exhaustively. It took ages to find how to build a spinal column or brain, but when the experiment was finished she had reason to be, and was, satisfied.” TryingStillsReasonEnoughAgeScienceNatureLinesBrainDevelopmentSolutionsStructureFinishedExperimentsSatisfiedAll TimeRemarkableTake TimeConservatismHolding OnColumnsThoroughAscending Author:John M. Tyler
“As you can see, at my age - 48 - Art is still one big experiment.” ArtStillsBigsAgeArt IsExperiments Author:E. J. Hughes
“One can't be of an enquiring and experimental nature, and still be very sensible.” MindStillsScienceExperimentsSensibleEnquiry Author:Charles Fort
“I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.” LifeStillsI CanImaginationMy OwnExperimentsSatisfiedLimitationResentContinuous Learning Author:Walt Disney
“In alchemical treatises, the formula L'Oeuvre au Noir ... designates what is said to be the most difficult phase of the alchemist's process, the separation and dissolution of substance. It is still not clear whether the term applied to daring experiments on matter itself, or whether it was understood to symbolize trials of the mind in discarding all forms of routine and prejudice. Doubtless it signified one or the other meaning alternately, or perhaps both at the same time.” MindSaidStillsMatterFormProcessDifficultTermClearUnderstoodPrejudiceSeparationTrialsExperimentsSubstanceRoutineFormulasDaringPhasesAlchemistNoirDissolution Author:Marguerite Yourcenar