E. M. Forster

History develops, art stands still.

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

When information is infinite, individual pieces of information are worth nothing.

When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.