Albert Einstein Theory Quotations

A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.

I never thought that others would take my theories so much more seriously than I did.

At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct.

The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life.

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.

Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.

It is the theory which decides what we can observe

If [quantum theory] is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science.

The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.

Scarcely anyone who comprehends this theory can escape its magic.

The most practical solution is a good theory.

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead.

The theory must not contradict empirical facts,

Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

The economists will have to revise their theories of value.

Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed.

In my personal experience I have hardly come to know the wretchedness of mankind better than as a result of the general theory of relativity and everything connected to it. But it doesn't bother me.

If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicty of its premises is.

The special theory of relativity owes its origins to Maxwell's equations of the electromagnetic field.

Since others have explained my theory, I can no longer understand it myself.

No one but a theorist believes his theory; everyone puts faith in a laboratory result but the experimenter himself.

Quantum mechanics is very impressive. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory yields a lot, but it hardly brings us any closer to the secret of the Old One. In any case I am convinced that He doesn't play dice

There is not the slightest indication that (nuclear) energy will ever be obtainable.

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

It is theory that decides what can be observed.

Come with me and . . . think about the electromagnetic theory of light.