My deep and abiding feeling is that if you look at anything closely enough, there will be new riches to be found.
Sidney Nagel
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “Finding Beauty and Truth in Mundane Occurrences,” interview with Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine (May 9, 2025); Complete direct quotation explicitly attributed to Nagel in the original interview introduction. Full interview read; context is close investigation of everyday physical phenomena.
- “Finding Beauty and Truth in Mundane Occurrences,” interview with Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine (May 9, 2025)
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