Louie Schwartzberg Quotes

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry

Physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up, and they keep their curiosity.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

Real science is the greatest, most exciting springboard I have available to me as a writer, and I don't feel the least bit constrained by it.

I think the scientific goals and the technical challenges were the two things that equally motivated me.

I love sci-fi and period pieces - it's fantasy. I can let myself dream a little bit. But also, I just really love science. I love knowing about how the world works.

There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.

Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.

While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child's imagination.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

I was always into science fiction as a kid. I loved science and tinkering with things.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.

A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the scientist in every small boy. Others must outgrow it. Scientists can stay that way all their lives.

Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.