Niels Bohr — "It is not possible to describe the world without describing ourselves."

"We must be clear that, when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental c…"

"What is it that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others."

"Accuracy and clarity of expression are a matter of degree."

"Physics is an attempt to describe the world, and it is impossible to describe the world without describing ourselves."

"We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to make progress in our understanding of the universe must also be an attempt to perfect our language."