John Wheeler > Quotes

“If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.”
― John Wheeler

“Spacetime grips mass, telling it how to move...
Mass grips spacetime, telling it how to curve”
― John Wheeler

“Matter tells Spacetime how to curve, and Spacetime tells matter how to move.”
― John Wheeler

“There is nothing in the world except empty curved space. Matter, charge, electromagnetism, and other fields are only manifestations of the bending of space. Physics is geometry.”
― John Wheeler

“Matter tells space-time how to curve.
Space-time tells matter how to move.”
― John Wheeler

“To be is to be perceived.”
― John Wheeler

“The question is what is the question?”
― John Wheeler

“As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”
― John Wheeler