--- title: "3 Nicolas Steno Quotes - Famous Anatomist" description: "Niels Steensen was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years. He has been beatified by t..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b074/author-robert-p-t-coffin-71273.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Nicolas Steno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b074/author-robert-p-t-coffin-71273.jpg) # Nicolas Steno (1638–1686) Anatomist Kingdom of Denmark **3** quotes in **32** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Nicolas Steno was an anatomist from the Kingdom of Denmark. ## Quick Facts About Nicolas Steno Born January 11, 1638 Died December 5, 1686 Nationality Kingdom of Denmark Profession Anatomist ## About Nicolas Steno Niels Steensen was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years. He has been beatified by the Catholic Church. ## Quotes by Nicolas Steno > [Beautiful is what we see, More Beautiful is what we know, most Beautiful by far is what we don't](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-steno/beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful-is-what-we-know-most/) Nicolas Steno [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/nicolas-steno-79851_beautiful_beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful_14962.png) > [We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-steno/we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-large-mass-the-brain-to-have/) Nicolas Steno [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/nicolas-steno-79851_admire_we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-l_447433.jpg) > [There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-steno/there-are-those-among-us-who-would-have-us-say-that-the-mysteries-of/) Nicolas Steno [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/nicolas-steno-79851_brain_there-are-those-among-us-who-would-have_2573068.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-steno/#itemlist", "name": "Nicolas Steno Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beautiful is what we see, More Beautiful is what we know, most Beautiful by far is what we don't", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicolas Steno" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-steno/beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful-is-what-we-know-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/nicolas-steno-79851_beautiful_beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful_14962.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/nicolas-steno-79851_beautiful_beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful_14962.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/nicolas-steno-79851_beautiful_beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful_14962.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Beautiful is what we see, More Beautiful is what we know, most Beautiful by far is what we don't” — Nicolas Steno", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and ought still more to admire their disposition in the Brain, where an infinite number of them contained in a very small Space, do each execute their particular Offices without confusion or disorder.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicolas Steno" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-steno/we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-large-mass-the-brain-to-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/nicolas-steno-79851_admire_we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-l_447433.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/nicolas-steno-79851_admire_we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-l_447433.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/nicolas-steno-79851_admire_we-need-only-view-a-dissection-of-that-l_447433.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We…” — Nicolas Steno", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added to its knowledge. 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