"New scientific ideas never spring from a communal body, however organized, but rather from the head of an individually inspired researcher who struggles with his problems in lonely thought and unites …"

"The greatest discovery of mankind is that man can do what he sets his mind to."

"When we speak of the 'reality' of the external world, we mean that it is independent of our perception of it."

"The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many dif…"

"The scientist needs a vivid imagination to create hypotheses and theories. The best scientists are also artists."