Engineering Quote by Albert Einstein

Scientists study the world as it is, engineers create the world that never has been.

— Theodore von Karman

A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.

— Theodore von Karman

“Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.”

— Theodore Von Karman

Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what…

— Theodore von Karman

Most scientific or engineering discoveries would never become successful products without contributions from other scientists or engineers. Every major invention is the child of…

— Vaclav Smil

Scientists build to learn; Engineers learn to build.

— Fred Brooks

Everything that wasn't invented by God is invented by an engineer.

— Prince Philip

A common misconception about how things such as space shuttles come to be is that engineers simply apply the theories and equations of science.…

— Henry Petroski

Everything that can be invented has already been invented.

— Charles Holland Duell

The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history

— James Kip Finch

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.

— Henry Petroski

“Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions”

— Thomas S. Kuhn