Concepts Quote by Hermann von Helmholtz

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out…

— George Gershwin

To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a few new…

— William James

I cannot agree with those who say that they have 'new truth' to teach. The two words seem to me to contradict each other;…

— Charles Spurgeon

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can…

— Eric Hoffer

Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the…

— Henry Miller

“The biggest obstacle to learning something new is the belief that you already know it.”

— Karl Albrecht

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a…

— Albert Einstein

A new truth always has to conend with many difficulties. If it were not so, it would have been discovered much sooner.

— Max Planck

Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult…

— Peter D. Mitchell

The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth…

— Kurt Lewin

To begin with, our knowledge grows in spots. The spots may be large or small, but the knowledge ever grows all over... What you…

— William James