--- title: "11 Make Universe Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Make Universe quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Make Universe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/marcus-aurelius-139_inspirational_the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the_1138328.jpg" --- > [The nature of the All moved to make the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the-universe/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/marcus-aurelius-139_inspirational_the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the_1138328.jpg) > [It is futile to try to make the universe add up. But I guess we must go on anyhow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/it-is-futile-to-try-to-make-the-universe-add-up-but-i-guess-we-must/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/philip-k-dick-502_add_it-is-futile-to-try-to-make-the-universe_2174689.jpg) > [One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plotinus/one-principle-must-make-the-universe-a-single-complex-living-creature/) [Plotinus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plotinus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/plotinus-12599_complexes_one-principle-must-make-the-universe-a-s_372223.jpg) > [I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-cannot-make-the-universe-obey-me-i-cannot-make-other-people-conform/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/thomas-merton-231_body_i-cannot-make-the-universe-obey-me-i-can_2326306.jpg) > [The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/the-laws-of-nature-are-constructed-in-such-a-way-as-to-make-the/) [Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/freeman-dyson-1435_interesting_the-laws-of-nature-are-constructed-in-su_77009.png) > [A hundred thousand million Stars make one Galaxy; A hundred thousand million Galaxies make one Universe. The figures may not be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-eddington/a-hundred-thousand-million-stars-make-one-galaxy-a-hundred-thousand/) [Arthur Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-eddington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/arthur-eddington-8366_astronomy_a-hundred-thousand-million-stars-make-on_1069977.png) > [It’s the glitches and twists, I thought, that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-m-jenkins/it-s-the-glitches-and-twists-i-thought-that-make-this-universe-unique/) [A.M. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-m-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/a-m-jenkins-42361_compelling_it-s-the-glitches-and-twists-i-thought-t_2676789.jpg) > [If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-calder/if-you-can-imagine-a-thing-conjure-it-up-in-space-then-you-can-make/) [Alexander Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-calder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/alexander-calder-22104_being-real_if-you-can-imagine-a-thing-conjure-it-up_1403361.jpg) > [Every creative act is open war against The Way It Is. What you are saying when you make something is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-holkins/every-creative-act-is-open-war-against-the-way-it-is-what-you-are/) [Jerry Holkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-holkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/jerry-holkins-51556_creative_every-creative-act-is-open-war-against-t_158884.png) > [So when people ask me if I believe God created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/so-when-people-ask-me-if-i-believe-god-created-the-universe-i-tell/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/stephen-hawking-389_ask-me_so-when-people-ask-me-if-i-believe-god-c_1181180.jpg) > [“When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/when-people-ask-me-if-a-god-created-the-universe-i-tell-them-that-the/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/stephen-hawking-389_atheism_when-people-ask-me-if-a-god-created-the_1438641.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make-universe/#itemlist", "name": "Make Universe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The nature of the All moved to make the universe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcus Aurelius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the-universe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/marcus-aurelius-139_inspirational_the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the_1138328.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/marcus-aurelius-139_inspirational_the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the_1138328.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/marcus-aurelius-139_inspirational_the-nature-of-the-all-moved-to-make-the_1138328.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The nature of the All moved to make the universe.” — Marcus Aurelius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is futile to try to make the universe add up. 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You can't tell me that we are done making the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Holkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-holkins/every-creative-act-is-open-war-against-the-way-it-is-what-you-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/jerry-holkins-51556_creative_every-creative-act-is-open-war-against-t_158884.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/jerry-holkins-51556_creative_every-creative-act-is-open-war-against-t_158884.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/jerry-holkins-51556_creative_every-creative-act-is-open-war-against-t_158884.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every creative act is open war against The Way It Is. 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