If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. On being reproached that his formula of gravitation was… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We must remember that we do not observe nature as it actually exists, but nature exposed to our methods of perception. The… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
No fairer destiny could be allotted to any physical theory than that it should of itself point out the way to the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In music I do not look for logic. I am quite intuitive on the whole and know no theories. I never like… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
... on principle, it is quite wrong to try founding a theory on observable magnitudes alone. In reality the very opposite happens.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The theoretical idea ... does not arise apart from and independent of experience; nor can it be derived from experience by a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In my personal experience I have hardly come to know the wretchedness of mankind better than as a result of the general… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that this is not yet the real thing. The theory says… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing -… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
