Richard Feynman:

I have a friend who is an artist and has some pictures which he thinks are very good... and he says, 'I am a value-free man. I don't believe in values.' And I say, 'Oh, really? Then why are your pictures good?'

— Richard Feynman Modern

Quantum electrodynamics

Context

From 'The Meaning of It All'

Date / Period

1963 (published 1998)

Source

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/761063-i-have-a-friend-who-is-an-artist-and

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