In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite!

— Paul Dirac, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists (1958)

Anecdote about Dirac and Oppenheimer's poetry, recounted by Robert Jungk.

Topics: creativity