Albert Einstein — People

A red apple floats above two red beads on a spool of silver thread against a violet background. — Original artwork

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Albert Einstein

A red paper crane on a pedestal surrounded by gray clothespins linked with red cord against a white background. — Original artwork

Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein

Painterly green wind-up toy man raising one arm on a chessboard with fallen pieces against ochre. — Original artwork

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Albert Einstein

A wild-haired scientist in a cardigan writes a letter at a cluttered 1920s desk, a blackboard of diagrams behind him and a moonlit city through the window. — Original artwork

I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos.

Albert Einstein

A glass sphere with a gold spiral inside on pale green cloth. — Original artwork

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.

Albert Einstein

A small blue door standing ajar with a yellow envelope in the gap, beside a potted lavender plant against a lilac wall. — Original artwork

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

Albert Einstein

An industrial milling machine in an empty workshop, lit by small amber lamps. — Original artwork

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Albert Einstein

A magnifying glass lies beside two broken eggshell halves, one glowing warmly, on a wooden surface. — Original artwork

It was the experience of mystery – even if mixed with fear – that engendered religion.

Albert Einstein

A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet. — Original artwork

I want to know God's thoughts. The rest is just details.

Albert Einstein

A hand holding a brass magnifying glass over a small gray panel, revealing green detail in one corner. — Original artwork

No matter how we may single out a complex from nature...its theoretical treatment will never prove to be ultimately conclusive... I believe that this process of deepening of theory has no limits.

Albert Einstein

A small wooden block tower topped with a brass lens on a midnight-blue surface. — Original artwork

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike – and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

Albert Einstein

One of two small lanterns glows warmly beside an unlit lantern on coiled rope and dark wooden boards. — Original artwork

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Albert Einstein

A wild-haired physicist, seen from behind, works at a blackboard covered in cosmic diagrams in a book-lined study at night. — Original artwork

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

Small coral rose growing from the centre of a ring of curved plain teal tiles — Original artwork

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

A polished steel crank mechanism spins a small wooden arrow on a mustard-yellow disc against a slate background. — Original artwork

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Albert Einstein

A paintbrush with a small red glass heart tied to its handle on grey-blue paper. — Original artwork

Personally, I experience the greatest degree of pleasure in having contact with works of art. They furnish me with happy feelings of an intensity such as I cannot derive from other realms.

Albert Einstein

A white-haired man sits at a desk by night looking at a tall window whose reflection shows a misty, distorted copy of the room. — Original artwork

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

A brass telescope on a tripod points towards a shimmering bubble beneath a star-filled blue sky. — Original artwork

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein

The skeptic will say, ‘It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove that it corresponds to nature.’ You are right, dear skeptic. Experience alone can decide on truth.

Albert Einstein

An open brown leather wallet lies beside a coin balanced on its edge against slate blue. — Original artwork

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Albert Einstein

An open book rests beside a crumpled gold wrapper with glowing sparks rising from it on a dark wooden surface. — Original artwork

When I examined myself and my methods of thought, I came to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Albert Einstein

A man in a tweed jacket draws looping arcs on a chalkboard in a book-lined study with a snowy view of college towers. — Original artwork

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein

A boy sits at the open window of a lamplit attic full of models, sketches and a kite, gazing at a starry night sky. — Original artwork

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

A lecturer stands at a lectern in a plain wood-panelled hall where a stone, a length of string and a bowl sit alone on a long table, in pen and ink. — Original artwork

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Albert Einstein

A small child does homework at a checked kitchen table as his mother sips tea in a bright 1950s kitchen. — Original artwork

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Misattributed to Albert Einstein