God Used Beautiful Mathematics In Creating The

I Think It Is The General Rule That The Originator Of A New Idea Is Not The Most Suitable Person To Develop It, Because His Fears Of Something Going Wrong Are Really Too Strong... At Age 69.

God Used Beautiful Mathematics In Creating The World.

I Learnt To Distrust All Physical Concepts As The Basis For A Theory. Instead One Should Put One's Trust In A Mathematical Scheme, Even If The Scheme Does Not Appear At First Sight To Be Connected With Physics. One Should Concentrate On Getting Interesting Mathematics.

I Found The Best Ideas Usually Came, Not When One Was Actively Striving For Them, But When One Was In A More Relaxed State… I Used To Take Long Solitary Walks On Sundays, During Which I Tended To Review The Current Situation In A Leisurely Way. Such Occasions Often Proved Fruitful, Even Though (or Perhaps, Because) The Primary Purpose Of The Walk Was Relaxation And Not Research.

Theoretical Physicists Accept The Need For Mathematical Beauty As An Act Of Faith... For Example, The Main Reason Why The Theory Of Relativity Is So Universally Accepted Is Its Mathematical Beauty.