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

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

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. -Paul Dirac.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.