Einstein's Opinions on Creative Thinking
"The greatest scientists are artists as well," said Albert Einstein, one of the greatest physicists and an amateur pianist and violinist.
For Einstein, insight did not come from logic or mathematics. "All great achievements of science must start from intuitive (直觉的) knowledge. Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Surprisingly, it wasn't the content of an idea, or its subject, that determined whether something was art or science, but how the idea was expressed. If what is seen and experienced is described in the language of logic, then it is science. If it is communicated and recognized intuitively, then it is art. That's why he said that great scientists were also artists.
"If I were not a physicist," he once said, "I would probably be a musician. I often think in music and I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music." Music provided Einstein with a connection between time and space, which both combine spatial (空间的) and structural aspects. "The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition and music is the driving force behind this intuition," said Einstein. "My parents had me study the violin from the time I was six. ."
A. But how did art differ from science for Einstein?
B. Instead, it came from intrusion (直觉) and inspiration.
C. My new discovery is the result of musical insight.
D. There is no doubt that my theory was a great breakthrough then.
E. Einstein himself worked intuitively and expressed himself logically.
F. Einstein also owed his scientific insight and intuition mainly to music.
G. For Einstein, it was the humanities that mainly contributed to his achievements.
