4 Richard Feynman Quotes on Genius

Richard Feynman quotes on genius

63. Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. Those of us who are not so tall have to choose!

90. There are two kinds of geniuses: the 'ordinary' and the 'magicians'. An ordinary genius is a fellow whom you and I would be just as good as, if we were only many times better. There is no mystery as to how his mind works. Once we understand what they've done, we feel certain that we, too, could have done it. It is different with the magicians. Even after we understand what they have done it is completely dark. Richard Feynman is a magician of the highest calibre.

92. Several conversations that Feynman and I had involved the remarkable abilities of other physicists. In one of these conversations, I remarked to Feynman that I was impressed by Steven Hawking's ability to do path integration in his head. 'Ahh, that's not so great', Feynman replied. 'It's much more interesting to come up with the technique like I did, rather than to be able to do the mechanics in your head.' Feynman wasn't being immodest, he was quite right. The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics.

95. He is a second Dirac. Only this time human.