"It is natural selection that gives direction to changes, orients chance, and slowly, progressively produces more complex structures, new organs, and new species. Novelties come from previously unseen association of old material. To create is to recombine."

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Source : François Jacob, Nadine Peyrieras, Michel Morange (2002). “Travaux scientifiques de François Jacob”, p.709, Odile Jacob

Francois Jacob

#Giving Quotes #Association Quotes #Novelty Quotes

“By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.”
“I broke a lot of rules because I didn't know the rules.”
“I've had pretty good success with Stan (Musial) by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third.”
“In the U.S the right is very wide. From Neo con's to almost Anarchist”
“My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.”
“Who is able to paint the existence of a dog as Picasso paints the existence of a cubic shape?”

Source : Quoted in Briefe, Aufzeichnungen und Aphorismen (2 vols,1920), translated by Chipp in his Theories of Modern Art (1968).
“I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.”
“There are moments where history is made... This is one of those moments.”

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