# Quote — Walter Tevis, The Man Who Fell to Earth

> Weren’t there naive arts and sophisticated arts? And corrupt arts as well? And might that not be true of the sciences too? Could chemistry be more corrupt than botany? But that wasn’t so. It was the uses, the ends…

- Author: [Walter Tevis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis.md)
- Book: [The Man Who Fell to Earth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- Page: 142
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/werent-there-naive

## More from this book

> He thought, looking at the cat, if only you were the intelligent species on this world. And then, smiling wryly, maybe you are.

p. 108 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/he-thought-looking.md)

> “We won’t necessarily become extinct. Disarmament is being negotiated. Not all of us are insane.”
>
> “But most of you are. Enough of you are—it only requires a few insane ones, in the right places.

p. 152 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/we-wont-necessarily.md)

> “I want you to save the world, Mr. Newton.”
>
> Newton’s smile did not change, and his reply was immediate. “Is it worth saving, Nathan?”

p. 212 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/i-want-you.md)