“An artist says, ‘I can’t do anything about the chaos in the universe or my country, or even in my own miserable life, but I can at least make this piece of paper or canvas, or blob of clay or chunk of marble, exactly what it should be.’” - Kurt Vonnegut

“A physics student says, ‘I can’t do anything about the chaos in the universe or my country, or even in my own miserable life, but I can at least make this physics problem, exactly what it should be.’” - unknown

"Science is established preposterousness... what we call knowledge is ignorance surrounded by laughter." - Charles Fort