Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.
Interpretation
Science explores the miraculous aspects of existence that remain beyond our understanding, while art seeks to interpret those mysteries.
In this quote by Ray Bradbury, he draws a profound connection between science and art. He suggests that science operates as an inquiry into the miraculous phenomena of the universe that, despite our best efforts, remain largely inexplicable. In parallel, art serves as a medium through which these mysteries can be expressed and understood, indicating that both disciplines, though distinct, are deeply intertwined in their quest to uncover and interpret the wonders of existence.
In practice
In a lecture on the interdependence of art and science, this quote highlights how both fields try to unravel the universe's mysteries.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we canβt imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You donβt stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle of the night. And I thought, jeez, I'll never forget that. And went back to sleep, and it was gone. You'll hear something years later that another songwriter that you respect writes, and you go, jeez, I think that was the remnants of that song that got sent to me.
I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.
Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.
And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a lot of them that have to be filled every night. Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, as far as I'm concerned, is in New York the pride of New York theater.
I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
You can't improvise without a skeletal structure; you can't just go in and start talking. This is a very misunderstood craft because no one else makes movies like this.
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