Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long."Charles Darwin
"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery."Charles Darwin
"The intellect becomes clearer and stronger as you take things in and form new combinations."Charles Darwin
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."Marie Curie
"A human being is made up of cells. Within each nucleus dwells a thousand mysteries."Marie Curie
"Assemblage theory helps us understand how disparate elements come together to form meaning."Puar, Jasbir
"We must develop forms of knowledge that exceed the academy's boundaries."Puar, Jasbir
"We must develop new vocabularies for describing forms of life that exceed recognition."Puar, Jasbir
"We must develop forms of knowledge that honor the wisdom of those excluded from institutions."Puar, Jasbir
"The body has a memory that precedes consciousness."Ahmed, Sara
"We must attend to the details."Ahmed, Sara
"The body is a site of knowledge."Ahmed, Sara
"The pursuit of knowledge is an acknowledgment that we do not know."Gupta, Akhil
"Knowledge without application is merely entertainment."Gupta, Akhil
"The body itself is a text, constantly being written and rewritten by the social and cultural forces that act upon it."Grosz, Elizabeth
"Language shapes what can be thought and said."Grosz, Elizabeth
"We are always already embedded in systems of representation and meaning."Grosz, Elizabeth
"We are constituted through language and representation."Grosz, Elizabeth
"We must create new forms of knowledge and understanding."Grosz, Elizabeth
"We cannot separate the knower from the known; they are intra-acting."Barad, Karen
"Onto-epistemology: how we know is bound up with what we are."Barad, Karen
"The apparatus shapes what can be known."Barad, Karen
"We must account for our situatedness in knowledge production."Barad, Karen
"Epistemology is not innocent; it is always political."Barad, Karen
"The apparatus constrains what can appear."Barad, Karen
"Nomadic thought allows us to move beyond binary thinking."Braidotti, Rosi
"Nomadic consciousness allows us to escape essentialist thinking."Braidotti, Rosi
"We must abandon the illusion of transparency in knowledge."Braidotti, Rosi
"Knowledge is always partial and situated; there is no view from nowhere."Muñoz, José Esteban
"Movement itself is a form of knowledge; the body knows things the mind cannot articulate."Muñoz, José Esteban