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Paul Dirac1902–1984

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it’s the exact opposite!

Paul Dirac on poetry

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One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.
The Evolution of the Physicist’s Picture of Nature (1963)
- God
- Science
It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one’s equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress.
The Evolution of the Physicist’s Picture of Nature (1963)
- Beauty
- Science
The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.
The scientific work of Georges Lemaître (1968), P.A.M
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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Robert Frost1874–1963
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
T. S. Eliot1888–1965“Philip Massinger”, a biographical essay, in The Sacred Wood (1920)
Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Reflections on the Psalms

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