Physics Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

Turbulence is the most important unsolved problem of classical physics.

— Richard P. Feynman

I think I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum Mechanics.

— Richard P. Feynman

I think we can safely assume that no one understands quantum mechanics.

— Richard P. Feynman

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

— Richard P. Feynman

The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules.

— Richard P. Feynman

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

— Richard P. Feynman

It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is

— Richard P. Feynman

I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

— Richard P. Feynman

[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So…

— Richard P. Feynman

Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?

— Richard P. Feynman

We can deduce, often, from one part of physics like the law of gravitation, a principle which turns out to be much…

— Richard P. Feynman

“THE QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, IS IT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO AMALGAMATE EVERYTHING, AND MERELY DISCOVER THAT THIS WORLD REPRESENTS DIFFERENT…

— Richard P. Feynman

As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise…

— Richard P. Feynman

So far as we know, all the fundamental laws of physics, like Newton's equations, are reversible.

— Richard P. Feynman

Today we say that the law of relativity is supposed to be true at all energies, but someday somebody may come along…

— Richard P. Feynman

Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and…

— Richard P. Feynman

Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena…

— Richard P. Feynman

There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there…

— Richard P. Feynman

When the problem [quantum chromodynamics] is finally solved, it will all be by imagination. Then there will be some big thing about…

— Richard P. Feynman

“CURIOSITY DEMANDS THAT WE ASK QUESTIONS, THAT WE TRY TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS MULTITUDE OF ASPECTS AS…

— Richard P. Feynman

Therefore psychologically we must keep all the theories in our heads, and every theoretical physicist who is any good knows six or…

— Richard P. Feynman

We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing.…

— Richard P. Feynman

In a way, the Nobel Prize has been something of a pain in the neck, though there was at least one time…

— Richard P. Feynman

I decided to sell my drawings. However, I didn't want people to buy my drawings because the professor of physics isn't supposed…

— Richard P. Feynman

It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be…

— Richard P. Feynman

It is to be emphasized that no matter how many [amplitude] arrows we draw, add, or multiply, our objective is to calculate…

— Richard P. Feynman

“Are you looking for the ultimate laws of physics?" No, I'm not. I'm just looking to find out more about the world…

— Richard P. Feynman

A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he…

— Richard P. Feynman

The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge…

— Richard P. Feynman

To do any important work in physics a very good mathematical ability and aptitude are required. Some work in applications can be…

— Richard P. Feynman

On the contrary, it's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics . It's the things that nobody…

— Richard P. Feynman

I think, however, that there isn't any solution to this problem of education other than to realize that the best teaching can…

— Richard P. Feynman

“If instead of arranging the atoms in some definite pattern, again and again repeated, on and on, or even forming little lumps…

— Richard P. Feynman

“There was a Princess Somebody of Denmark sitting at a table with a number of people around her, and I saw an…

— Richard P. Feynman

If all of mathematics disappeared, physics would be set back by exactly one week.

— Richard P. Feynman

Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation.

— Richard P. Feynman

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.

— Richard P. Feynman

As revealed by physics, the truth is so remarkable, so amazing!

— Richard P. Feynman

All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists know it.

— Richard P. Feynman

Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories.

— Richard P. Feynman