[PW] Tracking down Albert Einstein quotes

[Patricia Hatch]

Well, I, for one, am grateful that you are looking for quotations by 
Einstein, because he actually has quotation books, as opposed to a 
lot of writers (like the infamous Emerson) that has a number of 
quotes ascribed to him but you can never find the source...

Here are some books you could consult:

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Bite-size Einstein : quotations on just 
about everything from the greatest mind of the twentieth century / 
compiled by Jerry Mayer and John P. Holms. New York : St. Martin's 
Press, 1996.

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. The expanded quotable Einstein / 
collected and edited by Alice Calaprice ; with a foreword by Freeman 
Dyson. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2000.  (This is an 
updated version of their original The Quotable Einstein published in 1996)

Einstein, a portrait / with an introduction by Mark Winokur. Corte 
Madera, Calif. : Pomegranate Artbooks, c1984.  Text consists of 
quotations from various writings of Einstein.

If these are unavailable to you, drop me an email and I'll be happy 
to check them

Hope this helps,

Patty

At 03:58 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
>Why is it so hard to find the actual citations for quotes by Einstein?
>It seemed likely that the famous "Imagination is more important than
>intelligence." was a simplification and there would be no exact
>citation, so I started with a more elaborate quote that seemed more
>realistic.
>
>"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful
>servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has
>forgotten the gift."
>
>This gets LOTS of hits in Google and even in Google Books, but just
>about every one of them is without an actual reference. ONE book gives a
>sort of reference... "The Essential Guide to Doing Research  By Zina
>O'Leary" on page 2, it says "Einstein 1931, p. 97" -- but from what book?
>
>http://books.google.com/books?id=D1ZWS2Wnk2QC&pg=PA2&ots=S-ExkxP-eL&dq=%22Intuitive+Mind%22+%22Sacred+Gift%22+%22forgotten+the+gift%22+Einstein+1931&sig=hYbDa2Kond3cJEwXe8jRWwRmfmg
>
>But it's not possible to access the bibliography and see what work of
>Einstein she is referencing. So, I go to Amazon.com to try 'search
>inside the book' and it also doesn't give access to the bibliography.
>Then I go to the library and get a physical copy (lucky it was
>available) and there is NO work by Einstein listed in the bibliography!
>So what good is the page reference with no book?
>
>And this is just the first one I've tried to research. How does one go
>about actually locating citations for quotes by Einstein when everyone
>just tosses off these things with no reliable references?
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Patricia Hatch
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