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If you can’t give me poetry, can’t you give me poetical science?
"If you can’t give me poetry, can’t you give me poetical science?"— Ada Lovelace
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Meaning of this quote
Poetry and science are sought as complementary ways of exercising imagination.
Key takeaway:
Look for creative expression within analytical work.
Origin of the quote
Letter to her mother, Lady Byron; described by biographer Betty Toole.
Who actually said this?
University-hosted biography quotes the request; exact date not provided there.
