Epistemology Quote by E.O. Wilson

“[Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”

— Cal Newport

“David Brooks summarizes this reality more bluntly: “[Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”

— Cal Newport

Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it…I personally know so many poets…

— Sarah Kay

While I don't satisfy my curiosity about the way I work, I'm terribly curious about the way other poets work. But I would think…

— Thom Gunn

I think poets should work in the non-literary, non-academic world, get to know more than a workshop or a university.

— Adrienne Rich

“Poetry is a poets work in clandestine chemistry and there is no ethic other than poethics!”

— Dona Mayoora

Some scientists think it may be possible to capture a wormhole and enlarge it many trillions of times to make it big enough for…

— Stephen Hawking

So, my advice to young scientists is, think critically about your work; probably don't blab unnecessarily.

— Peter Agre

We found some scientists think that there are basically three emotions. Others went up to 27. Others had 16. Some were in the middle.…

— Pete Docter

“Well," she said, "how can I be sure there aren't invisible people in the world? Scientists didn't believe in the mountain gorilla for hundreds…

— Sherman Alexie

Scientists who think science consists of unprejudiced data-gathering without speculation are merely cows grazing on the pasture of knowledge.

— Peter Medawar

There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to some degree…

— Barack Obama