To develop working ideas efficiently, I try to fail as fast as I can. Richard P. Feynman More Quotes by Richard P. Feynman More Quotes From Richard P. Feynman Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off. Richard P. Feynman puzzleonceoffget The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science. Richard P. Feynman revolutionpowerimpossiblescience The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth. Richard P. Feynman astronomystarsearthdiscovery If I get stuck, I look at a book that tells me how someone else did it. I turn the pages, and then I say, 'Oh, I forgot that bit,' then close the book and carry on. Finally, after you've figured out how to do it, you read how they did it and find out how dumb your solution is and how much more clever and efficient theirs is! Richard P. Feynman lookmeyoubook I thought one should have the attitude of 'What do you care what other people think!' Richard P. Feynman youcareattitudepeople Europeans are much more serious than we are in America because they think that a good place to discuss intellectual matters is a beer party. Richard P. Feynman goodthinkseriousbeer Atoms are very special: they like certain particular partners, certain particular directions, and so on. It is the job of physics to analyze why each one wants what it wants. Richard P. Feynman joblikephysicsspecial You're unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things. Richard P. Feynman youpracticefunfunny It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another. Richard P. Feynman resultbetterlookyou The drawing teacher has this problem of communicating how to draw by osmosis and not by instruction, while the physics teacher has the problem of always teaching techniques, rather than the spirit, of how to go about solving physical problems. Richard P. Feynman problemsdrawingproblemteacher Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about. They do not behave like waves, they do not behave like particles, they do not behave like clouds, or billiard balls, or weights on springs, or like anything that you have ever seen. Richard P. Feynman wavesyouexperienceclouds There were several possible solutions of the difficulty of classical electrodynamics, any one of which might serve as a good starting point to the solution of the difficulties of quantum electrodynamics. Richard P. Feynman difficultiessolutionpossiblegood We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing. Of course, if we watch long enough, we may eventually catch on to a few of the rules. The rules of the game are what we mean by fundamental physics. Richard P. Feynman rulesgameknowlong
