The Real Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was widely regarded as a genius who lived in an ivory tower. That wasn’t the case at all! He saw himself as an artist who worked as a medium for his art. He used inspiration, imagination, and knowledge to come up with his theories. In an interview with the Saturday Evening Post in 1929, he stated, “I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am… [but] I would have been surprised if I had been wrong… I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
The Real Albert Einstein
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