Quotes About Experimentation

There's a tremendous popular fallacy which holds that significant research can be carried out by trying things. Actually it is easy to show that in general no significant problem can be solved empirically, except for accidents so rare as to be statistically unimportant. One of my jests is to say that we work empirically -- we use bull's eye empiricism. We try everything, but we try the right thing first!

Tessa: I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" Will: "I've never swum naked in the Thames, but I know I wouldn't like it." "But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.

The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting different results.

Some switches must be flipped, and some children cannot help turning off to on and on to off, just to see what will happen.

F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection to such extraordinary manipulations, having been prolonged to 10 days (in Durban 70 years ago), truncated to as few as 60 balls (in Hong Kong every year), and remained recognisable in each instance?

Fundado en la combinación incesante de posibilidades inéditas, el capitalismo encuentra en la indiferencia una condición ideal para su experimentación, que puede cumplirse así con un mínimo de resistencia. Instrumento de ninguna instancia en particular, la indiferencia es metapolítica, meta-económica, permite al capitalismo entrar en su fase de funcionamiento operacional.

antilogías y paradojas, y el recurso a una lógica no lineal y no ordinaria, se estudian y experimentan de manera sistemática como eficaces instrumentos de comunicación.

Today tinkering is the order of the day as Chinese leaders "cross the river by feeling the stones.

A recipe is a guideline. Adding, subtracting, evolving it - that is part of the pleasure.

Wake up early. Avoid distractions. Work three to five hours a day and then enjoy the rest of the day. Be as perfectionist as you can, knowing that imperfection will still rule. Have the confidence to be magical and stretch the boundaries of your medium. Combine the tools of the medium itself with the message you want to convey. Don't get stuck in the same rut—move forward, experiment, but with the confidence built up over experience. Change the rules but learn them first.

Try many things. One thing I realized is that quantity equals quality. People think it's one or the other but it's not. When you have a quantity of ideas and things you are trying, you will find quality.

As your idea muscle improves, so will your ability to "fail quickly"—which is a much more crucial skill to hone than executing quickly.

Picasso also says, "I am always doing things I can't do—that's how I get to do them.

I like making myself uncomfortable and throwing different stuff my way and trying to find a solution for it. I think that's how you improve. Find a way to make yourself uncomfortable, get comfortable with it, and do it again.

My scientific qualifications are relatively scant. I like science. I try really hard to educate myself about it, but in the end, if something has to go 'boom,' and it would probably only go 'fwoosh,' I am relatively unconcerned about that, which is a sin, but not, I think, a grave one.

The images attempt to capture scientific thought. They represent the physical manifestation of the thought process. Everything in the laboratory is a product of a stream of conscious or unconscious thought.

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.

Naturally, underground music often gravitates toward experimentation and the abstract. That's understandable, and more often than not, it feels great to dive into a difficult album and swim a few laps.

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.

Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.

If I experiment enough, I get a deeper understanding.

My goal is to communicate how powerful the breaking down of artistic barriers can be when grounded in thought, intention, and a true understanding of all the forms that are being experimented with.

I first started doing hidden-camera segments on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.' He was the coolest guy in the world to work for because he understands the creative process, and he had total trust. And he just let me make up whatever I wanted; I experimented and tried and played. We had a lot of fun over there.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.