Advancement Quote by John Adams

“Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action…

— Paul Valéry

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a kind of…

— John Dryden

“With scientific discovery and invention proceeding, we are told, at the rate of geometric progression, a generally passive and culture-bound people cannot cope with…

— Carl R. Rogers

Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of…

— John Maeda

As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most…

— Marshall McLuhan

In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were…

— Amor Towles

Since the Renaissance, a concept called 'progress' has been baked into our society. Progress - founded on an accumulation of knowledge through experience (and…

— Seth Shostak

In my view, art and the approach to life through art, using it as a vehicle for education and even for doing science is…

— Jonas Salk

Indeed, we need not look back half a century to times which many now living remember well, and see the wonderful advances in the…

— Thomas Jefferson

The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts…

— William Wickenden

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

— Edward Hopper