It is natural that a man should consider the work of his hands or his brain to be useful and important. Therefore nobody will object to an ardent experimentalist boasting of his measurements and rather looking down on the 'paper and ink' physics of his theoretical friend, who on his part is proud of his lofty ideas and despises the dirty fingers of the other. Experiment and Theory in Physics
The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman.
A rare theorist turned experimentalist.
By nature, I am an experimentalist. I don't believe much in accomplishment.
If you cannot saw with a file or file with a saw, then you will be no good as an experimentalist.
A gifted experimentalist, and theoretician, in the best Newtonian tradition. . . His contributions to quantum measurements, and elucidative teachings on quantum mechanics, have not yet received the attention they deserve.
I think of myself as an experimentalist even though much of my music sounds logical and normal, in a sense.