There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within.
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"There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within." — William Kingdon Clifford #sciencediscovery
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There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within. — William Kingdon Clifford
About William Kingdon Clifford
William Kingdon Clifford was a Mathematician from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1845–1879).
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Who said "There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will n…"?
This quote is attributed to William Kingdon Clifford, a Mathematician from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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William Kingdon Clifford lived from 1845 – 1879.
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