Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Creativity Imagination Knowledge

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Author

George Sylvester Viereck

Source

What Life Means to Einstein The Saturday Evening Post

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Physicist Scientist

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Germany Europe

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Einstein, Albert. "What Life Means to Einstein." Interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. The Saturday Evening Post, 26 Oct. 1929.

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Medium
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Time
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Mann, Thomas. Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1924, ch. 2.

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William James
Source
The Principles of Psychology
Genre
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Language
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Time
1890 1890s 19th century
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Citation

James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 13.