English
Mathematician and
Philosopher
(February 15,
1861 -
December 30,
1947)
Selected Quotes:
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order."
"Common sense is genius in homespun."
"Every really new idea looks crazy at first."
"Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas."
"Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them."
"It requires a very unusual mind to make an analysis of the obvious."
"One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering."
"Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up."
