Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
"A Word of Explanation" in Young India (January 1921)
1920s
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 22
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
"A Word of Explanation" in Young India (January 1921)
1920s
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
http://www.girlscantwhat.com/2007/10/15/i-am-my-own-experiment/ <br class="br">Variant: I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
Barry Long (1926–2003) Australian spiritual teacher and writer
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (1948), p. 172
1940s
“I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.”
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection"
recollection http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F2113&viewtype=text&pageseq=7 by E. Ray Lankester, from his essay "Charles Robert Darwin" in C.D. Warner, editor, Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern (R.S. Peale & J.A. Hill, New York, 1896) volume 2, pages 4835-4393, at page 4391 <br class="br">Other letters, notebooks, journal articles, recollected statements