Wise Words: Information is Light

“Information is light. Information, in itself, about anything, is light.”

– Tom Stoppard (1937 – ), Night and Day


Sir Tom Stoppard is a knighted British playwright and screenwriter, who was born in Czechoslovakia. Night and Day was a play, which premiered in 1978. Stoppard’s other notable works include:

  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (play, 1966) – playwright
  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (film, 1990) – writer, director
  • Shakespeare in Love (film, 1998) – co-writer
  • Tulip Fever (film, 2017) – co-writer

This quote can be found along Library Way, a stretch of East 41st Street, which leads to the New York Public Library. The plaque was sculpted by Gregg LeFevre.

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