Edward Emerson Barnard

“I have always felt that I am a soul-less sort of creature, and that it is the lens and the photographic plate that do the work.”

“The long-focus portrait lens is a wonderful instrument for the study of the Milky Way.”

“The simple truth is that the only real satisfaction there is in this world is in doing one's work and in doing it well.”

“There is no short-cut to a knowledge of the heavens.”

“These dark markings are not vacant places in the starry heavens, but are real clouds of obscuring matter.”

“The camera sees more than the eye.”

“I have found a fifth satellite to Jupiter.”

“The great is oftener found in the mites than in the mighty.”

“A patient and persistent observer will see more than a hasty one, even with a smaller telescope.”

“The heavens are full of secrets, and it is our business to find them out.”