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Martin Lewis Perl Quotes

1927–2014 United States

Martin Lewis Perl (born June 24, 1927, in New York – September 30, 2014) is an American physicist and chemical engineer, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.

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Random Martin Lewis Perl quote

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It is always a good plan for a speculative experimenter to have two experiments going, or at least one going and one being built.

The experimenter dealing with nature faces an outside and often hard world. Natures' curriculum cannot be changed.

The best colleagues are those who will think about your ideas, who will talk with you and offer insight, constructive criticism. No one needs to be crushed for having a new idea.

You may turn a bad idea into a good idea — don't kill the bad idea prematurely. A bad idea can evolve into a good idea.

For every good idea, expect to have five, ten, twenty wrong or useless ideas. You cannot avoid the bad ideas if you keep your imagination free. There is no spam filter for bad ideas.

Imagination and obsession are the keys to getting a good idea. To help your imagination keep your eyes and ears open. Avoid the "not invented here prejudice".

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Lewis Perl (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.