QuoteQuest“The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Albert Einstein
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
Variant translation: One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of obj
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Einstein, Albert. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Albert Einstein. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
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