Gabriel Lippmann Quotes

The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed by interference. The eye thus perceives at each point the constituent colour of the image.

Gabriel Lippmann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: August 16, 1845 - July 13, 1921

Topics

SimpleEyeBackColourImagePoint

I'm interested in the way language is used to navigate the world around us.

John Burnside

WorldLanguageWayUsedUsNavigate

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

John Locke

GreatOceanKnowSailorLineCannot

I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.

John Lydon

EyesSoundUpGiveEarsUnusual

My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.

Andy Goldsworthy

NatureGrowthTimeArtCityReach

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ.

John Woolman

FaithHeartPeopleSocietyFeeling

Nobody needs a chitlin.

Tony Rock

NobodyNeeds

Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.

Robbie Robertson

MusicAlwaysLastBeenDisposable

Every day is an adventure.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

DayAdventureEvery DayEvery

Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.

Coolio

CarManBlackDrivingYoungNice

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen.

Claude Debussy

HopeDangerousCircusWillAlways

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Arthur Schopenhauer

LifePositiveFreedomPainElement

I like spending time with my family and friends on my birthday.

Prabhas

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