Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.

Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

If you want your children to be smart, tell them stories. If you want them to be really smart, tell them more stories. If you want your children to be brilliant, tell them even more stories.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else has ever thought.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.