When It Comes To Atoms,

There Is No Hope For Any Speculation That Does Not Look Absurd At First Glance.

We Are All Agreed That Your Theory Is Crazy. The Question Which Divides Us Is Whether It Is Crazy Enough To Have A Chance Of Being Correct. My Own Feeling Is That It Is Not Crazy Enough.

When It Comes To Atoms, Language Can Be Used Only As In Poetry. The Poet, Too, Is Not Nearly So Concerned With Describing Facts As With Creating Images And Establishing Mental Connections.

In Our Description Of Nature The Purpose Is Not To Disclose The Real Essence Of The Phenomena But Only To Track Down, So Far As It Is Possible, Relations Between The Manifold Aspects Of Our Experience.

Every Sentence I Utter Must Be Understood Not As An Affirmation, But As A Question.