I want and need the artist to take me to new places, and the new place that Van Gogh took me not the sky as it is but the sky as he felt it. And the more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.
Neil deGrasse TysonKids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
Neil deGrasse TysonOne of the most significant events in our distant past is still perhaps the greatest mystery: the origins of life itself.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
Neil deGrasse TysonNothing is a thing: it's nothing. So I can imagine a place where there's not even nothing.
Neil deGrasse TysonIf humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves but because we lacked the foresight. The dominant species that replaces us in post-apocalyptic Earth just might wonder, as they gaze upon our mounted skeletons in their natural history museums, why large headed Homo sapiens fared no better than the proverbially peabrained dinosaurs.
Neil deGrasse Tyson