Antoine Lavoisier
Father of modern chemistry, named oxygen and hydrogen
Quotes by Antoine Lavoisier
The history of science shows that the progress of knowledge is often slow and laborious.
The chemist must be a patient and accurate observer.
The object of all science is to reduce the number of facts to a small number of general laws.
The more perfect our instruments, the more exact our observations.
The progress of chemistry depends on the perfection of its instruments.
The true method of philosophizing is to begin by collecting facts, and then to generalize from them.
The more we simplify our ideas, the more we approach the truth.
The most important thing in science is to have a clear idea of what one is looking for.
The human mind is naturally inclined to generalize, and to form systems.
The more we know, the more we are convinced that there is still much to learn.
The object of all science is to discover the laws of nature.
The true method of discovery is to begin with the simplest phenomena, and to proceed gradually to the most complex.
The more we simplify our language, the more we clarify our ideas.
The science of chemistry is a vast and fertile field, which offers inexhaustible resources to the human mind.
The chemist must be a man of great patience and perseverance.
The true method of instruction is to begin with the most simple and obvious truths, and to proceed gradually to the more complex and abstract.
The more we reflect, the more we are convinced that the laws of nature are simple and uniform.
The object of all research is to discover the truth.
The more we experiment, the more we learn.
The true method of reasoning is to proceed from facts to principles, and from principles to consequences.