Harold Eugene Edgerton Quotes

• The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don’t realize they’re learning until it’s too late.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  People, Too Late, Way

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• In many ways, unexpected results are what have most inspired my photography.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Photography, Inspiration, Way

  Harold Eugene Edgerton, Estelle Jussim, Gus Kayafas (1987). “Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

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• That's the nature of research you don't know what in hell you're doing.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Funny, Humor, Research

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• Don't make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts, only the facts.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Artist, Facts, Engineers

  Harold Eugene Edgerton, Estelle Jussim, Gus Kayafas (1987). “Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

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• Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Fun, Hell, Deals

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• If you don't wake up at three in the morning and want to do something, you're wasting your time.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Morning, Three, Wake Up

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• We worked and worked, didn't get anywhere. That's how you know you're doing research.

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Research, Knows

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• When I was a boy, I read with great interest but skepticism about as magic lamp which was used with success by a certain Aladdin. Today I have no skepticism whatsoever about the magic of the xenon flash lamp which we use so effectively for many purposes. (1970)

  Harold Eugene Edgerton

  Xenon, Boys, Magic

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