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Sir Isaac Newton Quotes



Quotes by Sir Isaac Newton - (6 quotes)

Isaac Newton - From the Colour category:

For the Rays, to speak properly, have no Colour. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this Colour or that. (Isaac Newton)

Isaac Newton - From the Greatness category:

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)

Isaac Newton - From the Indolence category:

Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to preserve its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line.' (Isaac Newton)

Joseph Fort Newton - From the Happiness category:

Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness. (Joseph Fort Newton)

Paul Newton - From the Portraiture category:

As a portrait artist, how do you keep variety in your work? You are fundamentally dealing with a human being who looks like every other human – that is, two eyes, a nose, a mouth. How do you keep from repeating yourself? (Paul Newton)

Paul Newton - From the Tones category:

Tonal hierarchy prevents visual anarchy. (Paul Newton)