I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. — Albert Einstein · Smartyfair

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I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. — Albert Einstein · Smartyfair

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein1879–1955 · scientist · 1900s Germany & USAAlbert Einstein was a physicist who changed how space, time, and gravity are understood.10 quotes

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He said he had no special gift. He was just enormously curious.

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What turned up: Letter to Carl Seelig, 11 March 1952 (Einstein Archives 39-013)
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