Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.
Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.
There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being simple in terms of literary expression. Others say, 'No, no, no. He went to Cambridge. He got a good degree. He must be Einstein.'
There are very few profound sayings in the world.
Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.