Accounts Quote by Carl Sagan

Science requires speculation, creativity, and wild ideas.

— Debra Fischer

Although people who had achieved a great deal in science and technology talked of the inscrutability of creativity, I was not convinced and disbelieved…

— Genrich Altshuller

We need to get across the excitement and creativity of science. That it isn't just a list of facts that have already been discovered…

— Alice Roberts

“If you’re only sceptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You never learn anything. You become a crochety misanthrope convinced that…

— Carl Sagan

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive…

— Carl Sagan

Science is much more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking. This is central to its success. Science invites us…

— Carl Sagan

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a great invention by calling their activities hypotheses and experiments. They…

— Edwin Land

While it is quite reasonable for scientists to be skeptical of new ideas that do not fit within the accepted realm of scientific knowledge,…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an…

— Carl Sagan

“Science is generated by and devoted to free inquiry: the idea that any hypothesis, no matter how strange, deserves to be considered on its…

— Carl Sagan

“Those insights in science that have led to a breakthrough were not logically derived from preexisting knowledge: The creative processes on which the progress…

— William Lanouette

Mel Alexenberg offers a scintillating experiment in creativity. His work is an invitation to deepen your spiritual sensibilities as you extend your imagination.

— Jan Phillips