For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a universal truth that if successful, will continue to move and to touch people even as contexts, societies and cultures change. For the scientist, the goal of a theory is to convey truth for now–to replace an old truth, while accepting that someday this theory, too, will ve replaced by a new truth, because that is the way science advances.
Author: Daniel J. Levitin