[PW] Tracking down Albert Einstein quotes

[Charles Early]

The Wikiquote entry on Einstein (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Einstein) 
looks very promising.

At 04:44 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
>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=%2 
> 2Intuitive+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
>Educational Technology & Communications Specialist
>Harvard University
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>
>
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