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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
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“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
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“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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Leigh’s 2025 Year in Books
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