The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

Quote by Claude Bernard

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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory....

Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory....

Science does not permit exceptions.

Science does not permit exceptions.

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.

The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what...

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what...

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to...

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to...

In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving...

In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving...

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Art is I; science is we.

Art is I; science is we.

Experimentation is an active science.

Experimentation is an active science.

Art is I; science is we

Art is I; science is we

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art,...

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art,...

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the...

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating...

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating...

You know, Hobbes, some days even my rocketship underpants dont help.

You know, Hobbes, some days even my rocketship underpants dont help.