(1)创新不是由逻辑思维带来的,尽管最后的产物有赖于一个符合逻辑的结构。
原文:Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.
(2)There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
(3)真正有价值的是直觉。在探索的道路上智力无甚用处。
原文:The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.
(4)提出一个问题往往比解决一个问题更为重要,因为解决一个问题也许只是一个数学上或实验上的技巧问题。而提出新的问题、新的可能性,从新的角度看旧问题,却需要创造性的想像力,而且标志着科学的真正进步。
The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.
(5)如果我们知道我们在做什么,那么这就不叫科学研究了;不是吗?
原文:If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
(6)宇宙中唯有两件事物是无限的:那就是宇宙的大小与人的愚蠢。而宇宙的大小我却不能肯定。(4月2日名言)
原文:Zwei Dinge sind unendlich: Das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit. Aber beim Universum bin ich mir nicht ganz sicher.
(7)如果一个想法在一开始不是荒谬的,那它就是没有希望的。
原文:If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
(8)如果你不能简单说清楚,就是你没完全明白。
原文:If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(9)任何一個有智力的笨蛋都可以把事情搞得更大,更复杂,也更激烈。往相反的方向前進則需要天份,以及很大的勇氣。
原文:Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius— and a lot of courage— to move in the opposite direction.
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.
(10)想像力比知识更重要。因为知识是有限的,而想像力是无限,它包含了一切,推动着进步,是人类进化的源泉。
原文:Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.