It was about three o'clock at night when the final result of the calculation [which gave birth to quantum mechanics] lay before me ... At first I was deeply shaken ... I was so excited that I could not think of sleep. So I left the house ... and awaited the sunrise on top of a rock.
Werner HeisenbergThere is a fundamental error in separating the parts from the whole, the mistake of atomizing what should not be atomized. Unity and complementarity constitute reality.
Werner HeisenbergThe Same organizing forces that have shaped nature in all her forms are also responsible for the structure of our minds.
Werner HeisenbergAn expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.
Werner Heisenberg