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> [Intellectual work is an act of creation. It is as if the mental image that is studied over a period of time were to sprout appendages like an ameba—outgrowths that extend in all directions while avoiding one obstacle after another—before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/intellectual-work-is-an-act-of-creation-it-is-as-if-the-mental-image/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

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## More by Santiago Ramon y Cajal

> [Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/unfortunately-nature-seems-unaware-of-our-intellectual-need-for/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [It is notorious that the desire to live increases as life itself shortens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/it-is-notorious-that-the-desire-to-live-increases-as-life-itself/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [That which enters the mind through reason can be corrected. That which is admitted through faith, hardly ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/that-which-enters-the-mind-through-reason-can-be-corrected-that-which/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [“consider the possibility that any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain, and that even the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/consider-the-possibility-that-any-man-could-if-he-were-so-inclined-be/)

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> [I would be the last to deny that the greatest scientific pioneers belonged to an aristocracy of the spirit and were exceptionally intelligent, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/i-would-be-the-last-to-deny-that-the-greatest-scientific-pioneers/)

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> [The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/the-worst-part-is-not-in-making-a-mistake-but-in-trying-to-justify-it/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [“It is fair to say that, in general, no problems have been exhausted; instead, men have been exhausted by the problems”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/it-is-fair-to-say-that-in-general-no-problems-have-been-exhausted/)

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> [The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/the-brain-is-a-world-consisting-of-a-number-of-unexplored-continents/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/as-long-as-our-brain-is-a-mystery-the-universe-the-reflection-of-the/)

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> [Physical pain is easily forgotten, but a moral chagrin lasts indefinitely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/physical-pain-is-easily-forgotten-but-a-moral-chagrin-lasts/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [Intellectual beauty is sufficient unto itself, and only for it rather than for the future good of humanity does the scholar condemn himself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/intellectual-beauty-is-sufficient-unto-itself-and-only-for-it-rather/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/in-adult-centers-the-nerve-paths-are-something-fixed-ended-immutable/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [“The indescribable pleasure—which pales the rest of life's joys—is abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work that precedes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/the-indescribable-pleasure-which-pales-the-rest-of-life-s-joys-is/)

[Santiago Ramón y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

> [Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/buffon-said-unreservedly-genius-is-simply-patience-carried-to-the/)

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> [ In the study of this membrane \[the retina\] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of natural selection) weakened, being… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/in-the-study-of-this-membrane-the-retina-i-for-the-first-time-felt-my/)

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