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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.542

Men have a trick of coming up to what is expected of them, good or bad.

Jacob August Riis (1973). “Jacob Riis revisited: poverty and the slum in another era”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs

What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones.

Jean Dubuffet, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1993). “Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: paintings, sculptures, assemblages : an exhibition”, Smithsonian Inst Pr

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

Carl Sagan (2011). “Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science”, p.73, Ballantine Books