Discovery Quotes

1801 Discovery quotes by 1187 unique authors

By leaving a student to himself he may... be led to undertake matters above his strength, but the trial will at least have this advantage:… — Joshua Reynolds
Cezanne is the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form. — Clive Bell
When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time. — Barnett Newman
Whatever has been discovered has to be put to use - otherwise, what is the use of the discovery? — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. — Wilhelm Rontgen
The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it. — Alan Lightman
If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to say that we… — B. B. Warfield
I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery… — Marion Milner
It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind… — Ben Harper
Judo has helped me to understand that pictorial space is above all the product of spiritual exercises. Judo is, in fact, the discovery by the… — Yves Klein
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts — Ernst Mayr
Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their… — David Ricardo
If we persist in our restless desire to know everything about the universe and ourselves, then we must not be afraid of what the artist… — Herbert Read
Life and career are the same thing. Every life has to have a plot and a plan. You have to recognize this early and be… — Iain Sinclair
I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and… — Carol Ann Duffy
The greater opportunity enabled me to make important discoveries and inventions. — Philip Emeagwali
In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness. — Josef Albers
I work like a labourer on a farm or in a vineyard. Things come to me slowly. My vocabulary of forms, for instance, has not… — Joan Miro
The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time. — Andre Kertesz
To find one's way anywhere one has to find one's door, just like Alice, you see. You take too much of one thing and you… — Paula Rego
The main thing is that we are part of the reality in ourselves to perfect one's power of discovery and that leads to the discovery… — Pierre Alechinsky
The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent a matter of… — Max Planck
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also, should introduce… — Luther Burbank
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a… — Edgar Quinet
We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise. — Buffalo Bill

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