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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Science is what scientists do.

Especially in the world today, where science rightfully is so important in terms of technology, innovation, telecom, Internet, fighting diseases, I think it's equally important that poetry and painting have their share of support.

Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.

The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.

My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.

Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.