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“Study the science of art and the art of science.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci: "Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses and especially, learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else" and "only through experimentation can we know anything."

Science is the king of art subjects. It is the art of inventions, discoveries, innovations and gaining more knowledge.

"Science is the new art".

Science-art: selling art to scientists and science to artists.

Education is all about learning all those you want to learn and applying wherever possible.

Albert Einstein’s quote — “the greatest scientists are artists as well”.

Science has always relied on visual representation to convey key concepts.

‘If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it.’ - Albert Einstein

Math is undeniably artistic

An interdisciplinary researcher must face the challenge of being proficient in two (or multiple) different research areas! Not only must s/he be familiar with key principles and methodology in each area, but also understand baseless "biases" and "dogmas" that are a result of inbreeding, and struggle to fight these, as new knowledge emerges from her/his research. An unenviable task indeed! The pointlessness of evaluating such researchers work with conventional metrics should be aptly emphasized.

“The best scientists, engineers and mathematicians are incredibly creative in their approaches to problem-solving and application development”.

"Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her." – Jacob Bronowski

In scientia veritas, in arte honestas — in science truth, in art honor

E.W. Sinnot, the American biologist and philosopher: "Stored images in the mind are the basis for new creative ideas."

Science based art and literature : communicating complexity through simplicity - Krishna

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
--Physicist and Violinist Albert Einstein

Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything by Anonymous

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art - Will Durant

Life itself is a beautiful interaction between art and science. You can't escape it! - Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa

"The Science of Art is like putting a microphone to the whispers of creativity that echo through the halls of every research laboratory fused with the late night musings of the artists in their studios" - Sachi DeCou

“Every Science begins as Philosophy and ends as Art, it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement”- Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy

Scientists can be artists as well, while they submit their academic papers, and theses they often draw their own illustrations!

Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion.
-Eckhart Tolle

Science has enabled the kind of art we’ve never before seen.

Without the arts, science is hobbled. Without science, art is static.

John Maeda wrote of Leonardo da Vinci’s observations that art is the queen of science.

“Science is as much cultural as art is cultural,”

Art is science made clear (what!).

"The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle.

Science is a search for answers, based on logic, rationality and verification. Its workplace is the laboratory.

In contrast, art is a search for questions, based on intuition, feeling and speculation. Its workplace is the studio.

DaVinci himself said, "Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world. "
"Art is the heart's explosion on the world. Music. Dance. Poetry. Art on canvas, on walls, on our skins. There is probably no more powerful force for change in this uncertain and crisis-ridden world than young people and their art. It is the consciousness of the world breaking away from the strangle grip of an archaic social order." - Luis J. Rodriguez.

For Dawkins, understanding the science behind natural phenomena (and sometimes being reminded of how much more we have yet to learn or discover) can still make our encounters with them sublime. From this point of view, science is the champion of artistic creativity, not its enemy.

"Scientists and artists are both trying to get a better understanding of the world around us, but they are doing it through different lenses,"

It takes many skills to achieve truly remarkable things. A diverse view to solving problems is best.

You need a deep understanding of science to actually manipulate concepts in novel ways and get creative in science - Krishna

"If you hear a voice within you saying, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint ... and that voice will be silenced, but only by working."
-- Vincent van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883.

"The line between art and science is a thin one, and it waves back and forth”

"One of the most common misconceptions about science is that it isn't creative — that it is inflexible, prescribed or boring. Actually, creativity is a crucial part of how we do science"!

"All knowledge has its origins in perception." Da Vinci.

“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it; and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful." Jules Henri Poincare

The beauty of art lies in the inimitable creativity of the artist and in the interpretation of the beholder.

"Artists see things one way and scientists another and the really interesting thing is in what's in between."

Einstein’s support of artistic endeavors is both well-known and well-documented.

“The greatest scientists are artists as well,” he once said.

Atul Dodiya (Indian Artist) : Life is beautiful as a painter. Changing colour, observing life and paying attention to every detail that we’re exposed to, and then giving our own vision to it… Nothing gives me more joy.

Art : You accomplish a task that is called art as there is no specific postulates or guidelines.

Science : You do the work with a set of guidelines.

"Change and risk-taking are normal aspects of the creative process. They are the lubricants that keep the wheels in motion. A creative act is not necessarily something that has never been done; it is something you have never done."
-- Nita Leland in The Creative Artis

Pablo Picasso once said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." All creative artists build upon the work established by the masters before them. ( Not me!- Krishna)

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep – Scott Adams

‘Art makes science come alive for students’

Albert Einstein - “The greatest scientists are artists as well”.

“ Science art shows some of the incredible natural beauty that researchers in life sciences see every day in their work.”

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 23, 2014 at 6:07am: Combining science, research to create art
http://www.trurodaily.com/Colchester-Weekly/2014-10-21/article-3911...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 22, 2014 at 5:58am: David Wessel, pioneer in music and science
David L. Wessel, a UC Berkeley professor and a groundbreaking researcher, scholar and performing artist who thrived in the intersections of music and science.
Wessel’s early research and publishing on the musical role of psychoacoustics – a branch of science that studies psychological and physiological responses associated with sound – laid the foundations for much of his career and was part of his path-breaking accomplishments.

Wessel’s work in the 1970s on the compositional control of timbre, or musical tone color/quality, inspired the creation of some of the first computer software for analyzing, understanding and using musical material. He also championed the use of personal computers for music research and creation while working from 1976-1988 as the director of pedagogy and software development at IRCAM, an important French institute for research into the science of music and sound and avant-garde electroacoustical art music.
While at IRCAM, the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustic/Musique, Wessel engaged with composers, researchers and students on topics ranging from computer programming for music to the cognitive psychology of hearing. He described what came to be known as the “Wessel Illusion,” a phenomenon in which timbre determines the way a listener groups the musical notes in a melody.

Wessel was part of UC Berkeley’s Department of Music faculty and served as the first director of UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), which opened in 1988. Wessel developed and taught courses on music perception/cognition and musical applications of computers and related technologies.
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/10/20/campus-mourns-the-loss-of...
http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 22, 2014 at 5:53am: The Imagine Science Film Festival brings science to the people
http://fusion.net/story/22635/about-time-the-imagine-science-film-f...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 22, 2014 at 5:51am: Avengers Fan Art: Here's the Very Best of the Science Bros!
http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/10/21/avengers-fan-art-here-s-the-...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 22, 2014 at 5:47am: Oefner, who is famous for joining art and science in his work, is bringing his latest collection of images to the Light Box Gallery in Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, which will be free to the public.
Fabian Oefner: making art with a touch of science
The 30-year-old artist uses the scientific principles of centrifugal force, magnetic fields and chemical compound mixing to create his photographs. He is also known for experimenting with timed flash to capture the exact moment when paint disperses, to create his vivid works.
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/art/fabian-oefner-making-a...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 22, 2014 at 5:39am: Art meets science in Duke Hall exhibition
Rebecca Kamen, an artist in residence at the neuroscience program in the National Institutes of Health and professor emeritus of art at Northern Virginia Community College.
Artist Kamen finds inspiration through a wide range of research in chemistry, cosmology, spirituality and philosophy. She has displayed her work nationally and internationally in places like China, Hong Kong, Chile, Korea, Spain and Egypt.
http://www.breezejmu.org/life/article_40141ff2-5806-11e4-ba90-001a4...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 21, 2014 at 5:36am: Young Scientists, Artists Showcase Work at Science and Art Fair
http://www.wvutech.edu/news_archive/2014/10/17/young-scientists--ar...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 21, 2014 at 5:29am: Scientific Creativity and Art - A Necessary Partnership
Many of the most important significant advances in science and technology are inextricably linked to art.

In the words of Jonathan Binstock, the new Director of the UR’s Memorial Art Gallery, "we live in a STEM world” - a world shaped by science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But within that world, art is a key determinant of whether new ideas and technologies succeed or fail.

Binstock cited the example of the iPhone. It caught on not because of its technical innovation, nor because of its design elegance and aesthetics. It caught on because of the combination of the two. It takes captivating art to humanize technology, and to connect it to our lives in a meaningful way.

The same holds true for many of the most important ideas in science. It’s one thing to have a brilliant idea - but it’s another if that idea can be represented in a beautiful image that clarifies the concept and captures the imagination of others.

A good example is a recent research breakthrough by Doo Yeon Kim and Rudolph Tanzi, who have for the first time created “Alzheimer’s in a dish”. It promises to be a huge advance in the field, by accelerating drug testing and development - but it caught people’s attention in large part because the images of cultured neurons and Alzheimer’s-like deposits speak for themselves. They are simply beautiful and compelling, with no complex scientific explanation needed.

In the same way, the DNA helix is itself an object of such elegance and simplicity that it captures the imagination. So I was thrilled when Marty Messinger ’49, a life trustee of the UR, recently donated the sculpture “A Dream of Two Snakes” by Ilan Averbuch to the University. The sculpture pays homage to a famous story, that James Watson first conceived of the DNA double helix after he dreamed of two intertwined snakes with heads at opposite ends. And it uses granite to underscore the centrality of DNA as the bedrock of life.

This powerful sculpture has now found a home as a public work of art in Rochester - on Crittenden Avenue, between the UR’s School of Nursing and its Saunders Research Building. It is well worth a visit.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/blogs/inno...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 21, 2014 at 5:26am: Science meets art events at Fallsington Library
The Fallsington Library is holding two science meets art events: Feathers! on Tuesday and Magnetism! on Nov 18.

Both events are free to kids of all ages and run from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the library, 139 Yardley Ave.
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/communities/falls/scien...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 19, 2014 at 11:09am: the Art of Planetary Science exhibit is meant to fuse these two disciplines in ways never before imagined.

The program is in its second year at the UA and asks its audience to take a look at pictures of the universe through an artist’s lens. The free event is open Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. The inspiration for art from science is something Jamie Molaro, the founder and lead organizer for the show, said isn’t surprising, given how many microscopes are around the Tucson area.

“It’s a science-y town. I think there’s a lot of that type of art here,” said Molaro, who is also a planetary science student. “We get artists who come to us [and] thank us for putting on the event and [enjoyed] doing this art with this theme.”
http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2014/10/art-and-science-blen...