There is no such thing as a unique scientific vision, any more than there is a unique poetic vision. Science is a mosaic of partial and conflicting visions. The Scientist As Rebel (2006)
The progress of science requires the growth of understanding in both directions, downward from the whole to the parts and upward from the parts to the whole. The Scientist As Rebel (2006)
Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features. Infinite in All Directions (1988)
Science is not a monolithic body of doctrine. Science is a culture, constantly growing and changing. Infinite in All Directions (1988)
Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague. The Scientist As Rebel (2006)
Science is a culture, constantly growing and changing. The science of today has broken out of the molds of classical nineteenth-century science, just as the paintings of Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock broke out of the molds of nineteenth-century art. Science has as many competing styles as painting or poetry.