The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. (Henri Poincaré)

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Henri Poincaré

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