If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what,... - Albert Einstein

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

"One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought."

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

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

"God is subtle but he is not malicious."