quoted from 2004 Physics Nobel prize winner, Frank Wilczek, recorded in 2016 with Krista Tippett for OnBeing.org [emphasis added]
...have the feeling for how things might be different and better in order to make a great discovery. I think you can be lucky, but even if you're lucky and stumble into something, you've got to realize [laughs] that it's something and that you should pursue it. And that is usually driven by some feeling for beauty and that this thing is significant, that this thing fits into a larger picture. Making a discovery is not just stumbling into something. It's realizing that you've got it and bringing it to the world, and that requires a perception of its beauty.
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