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Albert Einstein Quotes about Simplicity

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The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity.

The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity.

Albert Einstein
Opportunity, Simplicity, Leader

What I'm really interested in is whether God could have made the world in a different way; that is, whether the necessity of logical simplicity leaves any freedom at all.

Albert Einstein
God, Simplicity, Different
"The Scientific Imagination: Case Studies". Book by Gerald Holton, p. XII, 1978.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

Albert Einstein
Simple, Simplicity, Genius

Out of complexity, find simplicity!

Albert Einstein
Simplicity, Complexity

Out of the clutter find Simplicity

Albert Einstein
Simplicity, Clutter

However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to be forever appropriate (sufficient).... I do not doubt that the day will come when [general relativity], too, will have to yield to another one, for reasons which at present we do not yet surmise. I believe that this process of deepening theory has no limits.

Albert Einstein
Believe, Yield, Simplicity

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended is its area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning which I am convinced that within the framework of the applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown.

Albert Einstein
Science, Differences, Simplicity
Albert Einstein, Stephen W. Hawking (2007). “A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein”, p.353, Running Press

Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach.

Albert Einstein
Perfection, Simplicity, Quality

A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.

Albert Einstein
Simplicity, Different, Kind

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