"The mind uses its faculty for creativity only……" — Henri Poincare
"The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so."
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107 Quotes by Henri Poincare
Henri Poincare has 107 quotes on this site.
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Consider now the Milky Way. Here also we see an innumerable dust, only the grains of this dust are no…
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Why is it that showers and even storms seem to come by chance, so that many people think it quite…
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It is by logic we prove. It is by intuition we discover.
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In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on…
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It is a misfortune for a science to be born too late when the means of observation have become too…
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Every phenomenon, however trifling it be, has a cause, and a mind infinitely powerful, and infinitely well-informed concerning the laws…
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Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot…
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I then began to study arithmetical questions without any great apparent result, and without suspecting that they could have the…
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It is often said that experiments should be made without preconceived ideas. That is impossible. Not only would it make…
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Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects.
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What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration?
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It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
— Aristotle
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.
— Nnamdi Azikiwe
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
— Isaac Asimov
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
— Lauren Bacall
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
— Francis Bacon
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
— Ansel Adams
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
— Ansel Adams
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of…
— Ansel Adams
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
— Scott Adams
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