It is the scientist's lot, as it is the artist's, to be less important than his work. He who is chosen to lift the veil from Nature's secrets will be easily overshadowed by the creation he has revealed and which will make him immortal.


From My Life: The Memoirs of Richard Willstatter, Chapter 6 (p. 141), W.A. Benjamin. 1965

Richard Willstätter Quotes

It is the scientist's lot, as it is the artist's, to be less important than his work. He who is chosen to lift the veil from Nature's secrets will be ...

It is the scientist's lot, as it is the artist's, to be less important than his work. He who is chosen to lift the veil from Nature's secrets will be ...

It is the scientist's lot, as it is the artist's, to be less important than his work. He who is chosen to lift the veil from Nature's secrets will be ...

It is the scientist's lot, as it is the artist's, to be less important than his work. He who is chosen to lift the veil from Nature's secrets will be ...