• The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

    Henri Poincare: The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
    Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.318, Modern Library