Paul Valery Quotes


The term Science should not be given to anything but the aggregate of the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.


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Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French Poet and Critic, Moralités, 1932

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This quotation is used by some of those demonstrating that “Creation Science” is not science, as it is a set of facts, with no experimental verification.


Paul Valery
Paul Valery
  • Born: October 30, 1871
  • Died: July 20, 1945
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet

Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. Valéry was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years.