Paul A.M. Dirac Quotes

The aim of science is to make difficult things understandable in a simpler way; the aim of poetry is to state simple things in an incomprehensible way. The two are incompatible.

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The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

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If one is working from the point of view of getting beauty into one's equation, ... one is on a sure line of progress.

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