--- title: "10 Physics Quotes By Murray Gell-Mann" description: "10 Physics quotes by Murray Gell-Mann. Plus more from Murray Gell-Mann and more Physics sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/murray-gell-mann-12560_particles_think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-parti_136097.jpg" --- > [Think how hard physics would be if particles could think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-particles-could-think/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/murray-gell-mann-12560_particles_think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-parti_136097.jpg) > [I do not keep up with the details of particle physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-do-not-keep-up-with-the-details-of-particle-physics/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/murray-gell-mann-12560_details_i-do-not-keep-up-with-the-details-of-par_2074777.jpg) > [If you know the wavefunction of the universe, why aren't you rich?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-you-know-the-wavefunction-of-the-universe-why-aren-t-you-rich/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/murray-gell-mann-12560_ifs_if-you-know-the-wavefunction-of-the-univ_1703541.jpg) > [What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/what-is-especially-striking-and-remarkable-is-that-in-fundamental-2/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/murray-gell-mann-12560_beautiful_what-is-especially-striking-and-remarkab_3141120.jpg) > [If someone says that he can think or talk about quantum physics without becoming dizzy, that shows only that he has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-someone-says-that-he-can-think-or-talk-about-quantum-physics/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/murray-gell-mann-12560_becoming_if-someone-says-that-he-can-think-or-tal_1326618.jpg) > [All of modern physics is governed by that magnificent and thoroughly confusing discipline called quantum mechanics ... It has survived all tests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/all-of-modern-physics-is-governed-by-that-magnificent-and-thoroughly/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/murray-gell-mann-12560_believe_all-of-modern-physics-is-governed-by-tha_1404626.jpg) > [Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/of-course-the-word-chaos-is-used-in-rather-a-vague-sense-by-a-lot-of/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/murray-gell-mann-12560_chaos_of-course-the-word-chaos-is-used-in-rath_81997.jpg) > [In our work, we are always between Scylla and Charybdis; we may fail to abstract enough, and miss important physics, or we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/in-our-work-we-are-always-between-scylla-and-charybdis-we-may-fail-to/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/murray-gell-mann-12560_abstract_in-our-work-we-are-always-between-scylla_3113108.jpg) > [What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics, a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/what-is-especially-striking-and-remarkable-is-that-in-fundamental/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/murray-gell-mann-12560_beautiful_what-is-especially-striking-and-remarkab_2911638.jpg) > [Three principles - the conformability of nature to herself, the applicability of the criterion of simplicity, and the utility of certain parts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/three-principles-the-conformability-of-nature-to-herself-the/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/murray-gell-mann-12560_certain_three-principles-the-conformability-of-n_2649813.jpg) ## Other authors on Physics - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 85 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-p-feynman-78819.jpg) Richard P. Feynman 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/richard-p-feynman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-hawking-87021.jpg) Stephen Hawking 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/stephen-hawking/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michio-kaku-67732.jpg) Michio Kaku 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/michio-kaku/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brian-greene-19509.jpg) Brian Greene 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/brian-greene/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-davies-73861.jpg) Paul Davies 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/paul-davies/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-aurelius-63282.jpg) Marcus Aurelius 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/marcus-aurelius/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/carl-sagan/) ## More by Murray Gell-Mann > [Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/of-course-the-word-chaos-is-used-in-rather-a-vague-sense-by-a-lot-of/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [ My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands \[and I\] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/my-colleagues-in-elementary-particle-theory-in-many-lands-and-i-are/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [Think how hard physics would be if particles could think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-particles-could-think/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/sustainability-is-living-on-nature-s-income-rather-than-living-on-its/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/but-when-researchers-at-bell-labs-discovered-that-static-tends-to/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-am-frequently-astonished-that-it-so-often-results-in-correct/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/superstitions-typically-involve-seeing-order-where-in-fact-there-is/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [I thought of killing myself but soon decided that I could always try MIT and then kill myself later if it was that bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-thought-of-killing-myself-but-soon-decided-that-i-could-always-try/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/in-fact-any-experiment-that-measures-a-quantum-effect-is-one-in-which/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/so-the-old-copenhagen-interpretation-needs-to-be-generalized-needs-to/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/enthusiasm-is-followed-by-disappointment-and-even-depression-and-then/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-i-have-seen-further-than-others-it-is-because-i-am-surrounded-by/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-we-look-at-the-way-the-universe-behaves-quantum-mechanics-gives-us/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/now-what-that-means-is-that-there-is-fundamental-indeterminacy-from/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) > [Just because things get a little dingy at the subatomic level doesn't mean all bets are off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/just-because-things-get-a-little-dingy-at-the-subatomic-level-doesn-t/) [Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/murray-gell-mann/#itemlist", "name": "10 Physics Quotes By Murray Gell-Mann", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think how hard physics would be if particles could think", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Murray Gell-Mann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-particles-could-think/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/murray-gell-mann-12560_particles_think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-parti_136097.jpg", "contentUrl": 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A theory appears to be beautiful or elegant (or simple, if you prefer) when it can be expressed concisely in terms of mathematics we already have. Symmetry exhibits the simplicity. 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