I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

Except in mathematics, the shortest distance between point A and point B is seldom a straight line. I don't believe in mathematics.

I was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me: "If a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight." I was startled. This simple thought made a deep impression on me. It impelled me toward a theory of gravitation.

Fantasie is belangrijker dan kennis, want kennis is begrensd.

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the only one whom fame has not corrupted.

Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.