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Harold Eugene Edgerton Quotes

The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don’t realize they’re learning until it’s too late.

The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don’t realize they’re learning until it’s too late.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
People, Too Late, Way

In many ways, unexpected results are what have most inspired my photography.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Photography, Inspiration, Way
Harold Eugene Edgerton, Estelle Jussim, Gus Kayafas (1987). “Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

That's the nature of research you don't know what in hell you're doing.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Funny, Humor, Research

Don't make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts, only the facts.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Artist, Facts, Engineers
Harold Eugene Edgerton, Estelle Jussim, Gus Kayafas (1987). “Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Fun, Hell, Deals

If you don't wake up at three in the morning and want to do something, you're wasting your time.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Morning, Three, Wake Up

We worked and worked, didn't get anywhere. That's how you know you're doing research.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Research, Knows

When I was a boy, I read with great interest but skepticism about as magic lamp which was used with success by a certain Aladdin. Today I have no skepticism whatsoever about the magic of the xenon flash lamp which we use so effectively for many purposes. (1970)

Harold Eugene Edgerton
Xenon, Boys, Magic

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