The world thus appears as a complicated tissue of events, in which connections of different kinds alternate or overlap or combine and thereby determine the texture of the whole.
Werner HeisenbergWhat we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
Werner HeisenbergThe existing scientific concepts cover always only a very limited part of reality, and the other part that has not yet been understood is infinite.
Werner HeisenbergEven for the physicist the description in plain language will be a criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.
Werner HeisenbergThe physicist may be satisfied when he has the mathematical scheme and knows how to use for the interpretation of the experiments. But he has to speak about his results also to non-physicists who will not be satisfied unless some explanation is given in plain language. Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be the criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.
Werner Heisenberg