Wernher von Braun Quotes

I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.

I missed the basic curiosity of being in the lab.

Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.

I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there.

Art and science have so much in common - the process of trial and error, finding something new and innovative, and to experiment and succeed in a breakthrough.

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

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees.

Research is creating new knowledge.

I just like to experiment.

Science isn't just for guys in lab coats, you know? It's for anybody who wants to do a good job of understanding and investigating the world.

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what's there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises.

Science is always inquiring.

I love to watch how scientists' minds work.

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.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

Experimentation is an active science.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

As soon as science has solved one problem, new ones arise. This is the essence of science, and it applies, of course, also to the field of essential oils.

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.

There are no enemies in science, professor. Only phenomena to study.

Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

We sort of think that science is about the known, but science is really about exploring the unknown.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.