Albert Einstein

Quotes

"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I would spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions."

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”

Facts

He didn’t speak fluently until about age 4.

His teachers once said he would never succeed.

He was bad at memorizing facts but great at thinking.

He loved playing the violin and said music helped him think.

He worked as a patent clerk, not a professor, when he became famous.

He won the Nobel Prize — but not for relativity (it was for the photoelectric effect).

He was offered the role of President of Israel and said no.

He often wore the same clothes to save thinking time.

He disliked socks and usually didn’t wear them 😄

His brain was studied after his death because people wanted to know why he was so smart.