"Life is short and progress is slow." — Gabriel Lippmann

"Life is short and progress is slow."

— Gabriel Lippmann

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12 Quotes by Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to Poincaré:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it…
When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.
This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.
The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed…
The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when…
Most of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the…
In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an…
I got quite good results from protein plates.
During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference…

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over… — Aristotle

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