Ideas Quotes by Albert Einstein

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size

— Albert Einstein

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

— Albert Einstein

The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

— Albert Einstein

For an idea that does not first seem insane, there is no hope.

— Albert Einstein

The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.

— Albert Einstein

For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope.

— Albert Einstein

Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex

— Albert Einstein

Genius is when an idea and the execution of that idea are simultaneous.

— Albert Einstein

The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously.

— Albert Einstein

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to…

— Albert Einstein

It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

— Albert Einstein

I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.

— Albert Einstein

The idea of a Being who interferes with the sequence of events in the world is absolutely impossible

— Albert Einstein

It is always delightful when a great and beautiful idea proves to be consonant with reality.

— Albert Einstein

No idea is conceived in our mind independent of our five senses [i.e., no idea is divinely inspired].

— Albert Einstein

An expert is a person who has few new ideas; a beginner is a person with many.

— Albert Einstein

It is important for the common good to foster individuality: for only the individual can produce the new ideas which the community…

— Albert Einstein

If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give…

— Albert Einstein

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me…

— Albert Einstein

Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic…

— Albert Einstein

Thanks to my fortunate idea of introducing the relativity principle into physics, you (and others) now enormously overrate my scientific abilities, to…

— Albert Einstein

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ... [By seeking] logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for…

— Albert Einstein

My God may not be your idea of God, but one thing I know of my God he makes me a humanitarian.…

— Albert Einstein

No one must think that Newton’s great creation can be overthrown in any real sense by this [Theory of Relativity] or by…

— Albert Einstein

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also…

— Albert Einstein

The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination. Even when…

— Albert Einstein

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I feel…

— Albert Einstein

I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of…

— Albert Einstein

Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for…

— Albert Einstein

The theoretical idea ... does not arise apart from and independent of experience; nor can it be derived from experience by a…

— Albert Einstein

“For any one who is pervaded with the sense of causal law in all that happens, who accepts in real earnest the…

— Albert Einstein

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted…

— Albert Einstein

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

— Albert Einstein

Why is it I always get my best ideas while shaving?

— Albert Einstein

Imagination is the highest form of research.

— Albert Einstein

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

— Albert Einstein

The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve.

— Albert Einstein

Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

— Albert Einstein

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

— Albert Einstein

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

— Albert Einstein