| Scientific process | Artistic Processes |
| Science shows aspiration to inspire | Inspiration in art leads to material manifestation |
| Tries to reveal deeper layers of nature | Provides portals to magical dimensions |
| Based on satisfying fundamental curiosity | Tries to render the familiar unfamiliar |
| Acquires knowledge by probing experience | Expresses personal experience and knowledge |
| Claims objectivity that denies human bias | Acclaims subjectivity that denies social context |
| Aims at universal consensus (laws) | Stresses individual experience and perception |
| Strongly based on common rules | Highlights freedom from the known |
| Concepts exposed to professional evaluation | Evaluation of products by colleagues is seldom |
| Based on previous knowledge | Historical context not primarily leading |
| Build on experimental research | Based on expression of feeling and scrutinizing ideas |
| Aims at a universal view of the world | Is based on personal view of the world |
| Highly organized communication networks | Communication between artists more incidental |
| Requires extensive preparation/ study | Is also initiated with limited preparation |
| Is highly orientated towards high-tech | Technical aspects are often traditionally based |
| Societal impact is often long term | Cultural impact can be rapidly demonstrated |
| Is largely structured via specialization | Often shows more holistic approaches |
| Reward is shown in citations and prizes | Rewards are shown in public awards and media |
| Science strategy follows money | Commercial art is rejected, yet high prizes are paid |
| Scientific quality is aimed at by peer review | Quality more shown by public appreciation |
| Results widely spread by publication | Results shown by local expositions and internet |
| Shows hierarchy and scientific leadership | Questions authority and breaks rules |
| Breakthroughs can be based on serendipity | Unconscious impulses drive intuitive approaches |
| Aims at a higher truth (theory of everything) | Likes diversity, unorthodoxy and many truths |
| Conscious for ethical aspects of science | Ethics should be honored, but no censorship |
| Multidisciplinary approaches are favored | Gaps between art disciplines are often huge |