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Richard Feynman // "I have a friend who’s an artist...He’ll hold up a flower and say..."I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I think that he’s kind of nutty...I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more...I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty... The fact that the colors in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the color...the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds."