Richard Feynman

Physics American 1918 – 1988 323 quotes

Nobel laureate known for path integrals and Feynman diagrams

Quotes by Richard Feynman

The government is not the solution to our problem; the government is the problem.

Speech 1970

In physics, you don't have to go around kissing people's asses.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! 1985

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Interview 1980

Time is the most precious thing we have, and it slips away so quickly.

What Do You Care What Other People Think? 1985

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out 1981

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.

Feynman Lectures 1963

Doubt is the key to knowledge.

Messenger Lectures 1964

Love is a confusion of the mind, but a delight of the heart.

Letter 1940

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Interview 1980

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Addison-Wesley Preface 1966

I wonder why. I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! 1985

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Interview 1980

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Speech 1970

The most remarkable discovery in all of science is that a set of simple rules can make the universe.

Feynman Lectures 1963

I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb.

Interview 1981

The difference between a good and a bad artist is that the bad artist copies, the good artist creates.

Autobiography 1985

Life is but a moment, death also is but another.

Reflection 1988

Quantum mechanics is very impressive. But I am convinced that is the only solution.

Nobel Lecture 1965

To those who do not know mathematics, it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty of mathematics.

Feynman Lectures 1963

The imaginary number is a fine and wonderful resource of the human spirit, almost an archetypal power of the human mind.

Feynman Lectures 1963