Jean Andrews

History tells us that modern science evolved from the visual arts. Observational science started with the visual arts. Galileo's first publication was not on a scientific matter. He wrote a monograph on perspective, on shadow and light.

My life needed a challenge, so in 1973, at age 50, I determined to get a Ph.D. They don't call them doctors for nothing. Getting a Ph.D. is painful.

Aim for the stars. You might not reach them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.