There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, 

Gyorgy Kepes, "There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science." --Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific Education, 1869. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1958, acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.157
Copied Gyorgy Kepes, "There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science." --Thomas Henry Huxley, , 1958, acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 23 1817 18 in. (58.843.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.157

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There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific Education, 1869. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
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Date
1958
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Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 23 1817 18 in. (58.843.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums Description
acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard
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Object Number
1984.124.157