Creativity Quotes
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking
"I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking"— Albert Einstein
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Meaning of this quote
The statement emphasizes intuition in discovery. Even if accepted as a general idea, it would not show that evidence and reasoning are unnecessary when testing a discovery.
Key takeaway:
Allow intuition to suggest ideas, then examine them carefully.
Origin of the quote
Repeated as an Einstein quotation in later academic epigraphs.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe located thesis supplies no original Einstein occasion. The exact sentence was not authenticated.
