“The symbol and the metaphor are as necessary to science as to poetry.”

— Jacob Bronowski, Science and Human Values, 1956, 1965

About Jacob Bronowski

1908 – 1974

Polish-British mathematician and science writer, creator of the television series "The Ascent of Man".

“What makes each human, what makes them universal, is the stamp of the creative mind.”

“Progress is the exploration of our own error.”

“Science is not a special sense. It is as wide as the literal meaning of its name: knowledge.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.”

“If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.”

“The chief forms of beauty are order and symmetry and definiteness.”

“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”