Logo
Quote by Paul Dirac
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be unders

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, its the exact opposite. – Paul Dirac

Other quotes by Paul Dirac

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. – Paul Dirac

Category:
Poetry
Author
Paul Dirac
Read Quote

I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value. – Paul Dirac

Category:
Equality
Author
Paul Dirac
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

The smell of ink is intoxicating to me — others may have wine, but I have poetry. – Terri Guillemets, “Inkdreaming,” 1994

Category:
Poetry

They need to learn poetry. They dont need to learn about poetry. They dont need to be told how to interpret poetry. They dont need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it. – Peter Davison

Category:
Poetry

There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers wives. – Hamlin Garland

Category:
Poetry

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you cant say, Lets just go back to where we were pre-9/11. – Al-Waleed bin Talal

Category:
respect

Im interested in learning more about myself and what I value in myself and letting that be the beautiful part of me, rather than putting on the makeup or wearing the right designer. – Jessica Simpson

Category:
Learning

Soft data, hard conflicts. – Gerhard Kocher

Category:
Information

Quilters know all the angles. – Author Unknown

Category:
Needlework