Albert Einstein

"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception."

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

"Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the descernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious."

"Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought."

"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."

"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."

"I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few."

"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters"

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."

"Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

"It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom."

"I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking"

"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."

"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut"

"When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again."

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."