What one man can invent another can discover.

Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.

How gloriously legible are the constellations of the heavens!

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

New things are always ugly.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. 

The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.