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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEinstein:
âImagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.â
— M. Kabir (@mkabir.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T14:17:55.016Z
â Albert Einstein
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Imagination is at the root of the search for knowledge and knowledge fuels imagination. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)1. Imagination is at the root of the search for knowledge and knowledge fuels imagination. . . . nt
DavidDvorkin
(20,424 posts)3. That's essentially the rest of that quotation
The part that's usually not quoted.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)4. Okay, you did not provide it so I had to look it up
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
Here is where I found it, which is an interesting article, well written and well illustrated. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-famous-quote-misunderstood/
It has the best visualization of space-time warping I've seen yet:

calimary
(88,492 posts)2. Quote of the Week!