Art and Science Require Both Creativity and Rationality

How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, they think, and uses only his intuition; he sees all at once and has no need of reason. A scientist is cold, they think, and uses only his reason; he argues carefully step by step, and needs no imagination. That is all wrong. The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers. The true scientist is quite imaginative as well as rational, and sometimes leaps to solutions where reason can follow only slowly; if he does not, his science suffers.

Notes:

Art without rationality is lame, science without creativity is less innovative. Stereotypes of artists and scientists are unrealistic.

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'Prometheus.' The Roving Mind

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Asimov, Isaac and Clarke , Arthur C. (1997-12), 'Prometheus.' The Roving Mind, Prometheus Books, Retrieved on 2011-09-12

Folksonomies: science essays

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29 JAN 2013

The Two Cultures

Memes concerning science and art, how they approach reality, how they are different, and how they are similar.

Folksonomies: science art two cultures