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“Impressed by the success of high-level mathematics in the formulation of the general theory of relativity in 1915, we find that Einstein's life-long quest…

— John D. Barrow

The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very solid, which I am in a good position to evaluate since he…

— Hermann Minkowski

“All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.” But he immediately proceeded to emphasize the role that “pure reason” and logical…

— Walter Isaacson

I take great solace that Einstein failed math. I failed math. I also failed English and home economics. Einstein was an underachiever.

— Danny Bonaduce

I failed math; Einstein passed it. But he couldn’t paint and sculpt like me. So we all have these specialties, these strengths.

— Robert Toth

I think you can fan the flames, but I think in the same way that a mathematician is a mathematician - He's not taught…

— John Hurt

“What made Einstein special was his impertinence, his nonconformity, and his distaste for dogma. Einstein’s genius reminds us that a society’s competitive advantage comes…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Einstein is reputed to have said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

— Clark A. Campbell

“keep in mind Einstein’s admonition that “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

— Bruce Greenwald

“But Einstein refused to be mathematics’ pawn. He bucked the equations in favor of his intuition about how the cosmos should be, his deep-seated…

— Brian Greene

“Einstein also recognized the power of simplicity, and it was the key to his breakthroughs in physics. He noted that the five ascending levels…

— Mohnish Pabrai

What makes the theory of relativity so acceptable to physicists in spite of its going against the principle of simplicity is its great mathematical…

— Paul Dirac