true story- Einstein was friends w my grandfather in law and one day he’s visiting at the house wearing a long sleeve shirt w tattered cuffs. That night he was supposed to play violin for the queen. GFIL offers him a nicer dress shirt and instead Einstein cut the cuffs off the shirt and rolled the rest up under his sweater.

imagination without knowledge is just astrology, religion or other fascinating things. Imagination works paired with knowledge. Don't underestimate knowledge, even if illustrated with funny Einstein portrait.

TWW: What you may know of and what you may learn are not the same. In this vast moment any amount of knowledge is only a tiny portion. What you can learn though is vast, learning stays in your soul and will move to your descendants as your ancestors' learning is with you. *I think you and AE are absolutely correct. This text from TWW is a bit off topic but might still apply. Regards to all. OWOP

I am forever amazed from the time I learned that Theory of Relativity germinated from simple 'thought experiments'. What happens when you are travelling at the speed of light? How would the world look like? How would it behave?
You have to put in the hard work to make an idea materialise but still it all starts from imagination.

Knowledge broadens and deepens the imagination, making it even more fantastic.

He knew how to say things so well that makes the reader really think 🧠