Arthur Birch (organic chemist) Quotes

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Creativity is the ability to see the obvious over the long term, and not to be restrained by short-term conventional wisdom.

Arthur Birch

I have never been emotionally attracted by exactitude of detail, but rather by the broad sweep of ideas collected around philosophically defined examples that can be tested experimentally. I have never been a scientific "stamp collector", although it takes all types to make the world and I have greatly benefited by the "collections" of others.

Arthur Birch

The details of a research career are dictated partly by accident, but largely by inclinations and temperament.

Arthur Birch