All sorcerers had studied alchemy to some extent, and all…

I consider myself an alchemist. An alchemist is basically a mystical chemist, right? And one of the great feats that alchemists used to do…

— Will Smith

“The old stars-and-moons act was a good way to farm the unduly trusting. But the need to raise money in the first place seemed…

— Neal Stephenson

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.

— William H. Gass

“With or without our knowledge, we are all alchemists.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

We have achieved two of the three alchemists' dreams: We have transmuted the elements and learned to fly. Immortality is next.

— Max More

The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that…

— Paulo Coelho

“We wait, starving for moments of high magic to inspire us, but life is full of common enchantment waiting for our alchemists eyes to…

— Jacob Nordby

Why does it have to be so cut-and-dried? In your view, I either have to hate them or be in league with them. There’s…

— Richelle Mead

“That’s what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”

— Paulo Coelho

“And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?" "They were looking only for gold his…

— Paulo Coelho

“By and large, the only skill the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork had discovered so far was the ability to turn gold into less gold.”

— Terry Pratchett

I thought Alchemists avoided alcohol the same way they do primary colors.

— Richelle Mead

When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work…

— Gene Logsdon

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Perfect alchemists I keep who can transmute substances without end, and thus the corner of my garden is an inexhaustible treasure-chest. Here you can…

— Henry David Thoreau