The Measure Of Greatness In A Scientific

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.

The Research Worker, In His Efforts To Express The Fundamental Laws Of Nature In Mathematical Form, Should Strive Mainly For Mathematical Beauty. He Should Take Simplicity Into Consideration In A Subordinate Way To Beauty ... It Often Happens That The Requirements Of Simplicity And Beauty Are The Same, But Where They Clash, The Latter Must Take Precedence.

I Do Not See How A Man Can Work On The Frontiers Of Physics And Write Poetry At The Same Time. They Are In Opposition.

No. I Had Successfully Solved The Difficulty Of Finding A Description Of The Electron Which Was Consistent With Both Relativity And Quantum Mechanics. Of Course, When You Solve One Difficulty, Other New Difficulties Arise. You Then Try To Sove Them. You Can Never Solve All Difficulties At Once.

There Are Always More People Who Prefer To Speak Than To Listen.