Percival Lowell

“That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be.”

“To be worthy of the name, an experimenter must be fearless in his questioning.”

“Discovery is a race. The first to theory is the first to the finish line.”

“The fundamental fact in the solar system is that it is a system.”

“The brighter the star, the darker the night.”

“Truth is what we are all after. We are not to be forced to accept a thing as true because it is old.”

“The study of the heavens is the most elevating of all pursuits.”

“Art and science have their meeting point in method.”

“Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.”

“There is no surer way to be misjudged than to be judged by one's elders.”

“To see into the beyond requires a position of vantage.”

“The very fact that we are able to frame the question is in itself a proof of our capacity to answer it.”

“With the new facts, the old theories must be revised or discarded.”