“All our life, our environment is our education, and an educator at once severe and dangerous.”

Original: Toute la vie, notre milieu est notre éducation, et un éducateur à la fois sévère et dangereux. — The social environment continually teaches us, but its lessons may be demanding and potentially harmful. · Variété (French)

• Education
• Environment
• Society

“The natural is boring.”

Original: Le naturel est ennuyeux. — A deliberately provocative challenge to the common assumption that naturalness is automatically desirable. · Mauvaises pensées et autres (French)

• Art
• Convention
• Style

“Newton's genius consisted in saying that the moon falls, when everyone can plainly see that it does not fall.”

Original: Le génie de Newton a consisté à dire que la lune tombe alors que tout le monde voit bien qu'elle ne tombe pas. — Great thinking can reveal a deeper truth precisely where ordinary perception appears to contradict it. · Cahiers (French)

• Genius
• Perception
• Science