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> [All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/all-great-scientists-have-in-a-certain-sense-been-great-artists-the/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

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## More by Karl Pearson

> [The right to live does not connote the right of each man to reproduce his kind ... As we lessen the stringency of natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/the-right-to-live-does-not-connote-the-right-of-each-man-to-reproduce/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [I look upon statistics as the handmaid of medicine, but on that very account I hold that it befits medicine to treat her handmaid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/i-look-upon-statistics-as-the-handmaid-of-medicine-but-on-that-very/)

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> [“Her statistics were more than a study... For her, Quetelet was the hero as scientist, and the presentation copy of his Physique Sociale is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/her-statistics-were-more-than-a-study-for-her-quetelet-was-the-hero/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/order-and-reason-beauty-and-benevolence-are-characteristics-and/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [“The starting point of Darwin 's theory of evolution is precisely the existence of those differences between individual members of a race or species…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/the-starting-point-of-darwin-s-theory-of-evolution-is-precisely-the/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [The scientific method of examining facts is not peculiar to one class of phenomena and to one class of workers; it is applicable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/the-scientific-method-of-examining-facts-is-not-peculiar-to-one-class/)

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> [The classification of facts, the recognition of their sequence and relative significance is the function of science, and the habit of forming a judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/the-classification-of-facts-the-recognition-of-their-sequence-and/)

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> [No matter how much we enjoy following the lives of the rich and famous, we know the world is affected more deeply by quiet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/no-matter-how-much-we-enjoy-following-the-lives-of-the-rich-and/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/that-which-is-measured-improves-that-which-is-measured-and-reported/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/medals-are-great-encouragement-to-young-men-and-lead-them-to-feel/)

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> [There is no shortcut to truth, no way to gain knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of the scientific method.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/there-is-no-shortcut-to-truth-no-way-to-gain-knowledge-of-the/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [There is no short cut to truth, no way to gain a knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of scientific method.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/there-is-no-short-cut-to-truth-no-way-to-gain-a-knowledge-of-the/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [Statistics is the grammar of science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/statistics-is-the-grammar-of-science/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/all-great-scientists-have-in-a-certain-sense-been-great-artists-the/)

[Karl Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pearson/)

> [ “There is nothing opposed in Biometry and Mendelism . Your husband and I worked that out at Peppards \[on the Chilterns\] and you will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pearson/there-is-nothing-opposed-in-biometry-and-mendelism-your-husband-and-i/)

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