Ernest Solvay quotes

Ernest Solvay was a Belgian chemist and industrialist, most famous for inventing the Solvay process for producing soda ash. This innovation greatly increased the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of alkali production worldwide. He devoted much of his wealth to supporting scientific research and education. Here are 4 of his quotes:

To be in contact with scientists, to become in a small way a scientist myself if possible, perhaps to cast new light on physical phenomena, to be able to uncover what is real and definitive, was my life's great dream.

Ernest Solvay

Science produces an incomparably lyrical state in this man.

Ernest Solvay

The man of the future will be dedicated to individualism.

Ernest Solvay