Author: Paul Dirac

Quotes

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

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.

- Paul Dirac

It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress.

It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress.

- Paul Dirac

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.

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.

- Paul Dirac

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