"In art, truth is a means to an……" — William Whewell
"In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end."
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22 Quotes by William Whewell
William Whewell has 22 quotes on this site.
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In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our…
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The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than…
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...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether…
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The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an…
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Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every…
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Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.
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The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.
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Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind,…
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We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced…
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There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.
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Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great…
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Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.
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More Art Quotes
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
— Pietro Aretino
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
— Aristophanes
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them…
— Aristotle
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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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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,…
— Aristotle
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,…
— Karen Armstrong
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new…
— Darren Aronofsky
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I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your…
— Arthur Ashe
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
— Isaac Asimov
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