The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.

I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.