Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Richard Evans Schultes.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Richard Evans Schultes was an American biologist. He may be considered the father of modern ethnobotany. He is known for his studies of the uses of plants by indigenous peoples, especially the indigenous peoples of the Americas. He worked on entheogenic or hallucinogenic plants, particularly in Mexico and the Amazon, involving lifelong collaborations with chemists. He had charismatic influence as an educator at Harvard University; several of his students and colleagues went on to write popular books and assume influential positions in museums, botanical gardens, and popular culture.
One wonders how people in primitive societies, with no knowledge of chemistry or physiology, ever hit upon a solution to the activation of an alkaloid by a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Pure experimentation? Perhaps not.
Adventures happen only to those incapable of planning an expedition.
You have a feeling of achievement when you discover a new plant, even a plant that has no use.
The Indians' botanical knowledge is disappearing even faster than the plants themselves.