Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Discovery Quotations

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.

A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of the field. Had I predicted these discoveries in my applications, and had those authorities been my judges, it is evident what their decisions would have been.

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought