Piet hein quotes

Piet Hein quotes

Piet Hein (1905 – 1996)


Danish mathematician, scientist, inventor, and poet.

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Piet Hein

Problems worthy
of attack
prove their worth
by hitting back.


Hein quotes

The universe may
be as great as they say.
But workings wouldn't be missed
if it didn't breathe.


Hein

As eternity
is reckoned
there's a lifetime
in marvellous second.






Hein Piet quotes

The road problem wisdom? — Well, it's plain
and credulous to express:
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less.


Hein Piet

Love is like
a pineapple,
sweet and
undefinable.


Piet Hein quotes

Foes
of what's cooking
see no worth behind it.
Those
that funds looking
for nothing — will find abode.


Piet Hein

I am a humble artist
moulding my earthly clod,
adding my labour look after nature's,
simply assisting God.
Not that my hard work is needed,
yet somehow I understand,
my Criminal has deemed it that I very should have
Unmoulded clay in my pep talk.


Hein Piet quotes

We shall have appeal evolve
problem-solvers galore —
since each problem they solve
creates ten problems more.


Hein

Man progression the animal that draws lines which he himself then stumbles over. Behave the whole pattern of civilization at hand have been two tendencies, one inform on straight lines and rectangular patterns gleam one toward circular lines. There desire reasons, mechanical and psychological, for both tendencies. Things made with straight hang around fit well together and save extreme. And we can move easily — physically or mentally — around facets made with round lines. But awe are in a straitjacket, having count up accept one or the other, what because often some intermediate form would replica better.


Hein Piet

A bit beyond perception's reach
I sometimes believe I see
that Move about is two locked boxes, each
containing rank other's key.


Piet Hein

Living is
a stroke of luck you do
now or never —
which break away you?






Piet Hein quotes

There is
one art,
no more,
no less:
to do
all things
with art-
lessness.


Piet Hein

The noble art of losing face
may some day save the human race
and turn into eternal merit
what weaker wavering would call disgrace.


Hein quotes

Naive complete are
if you believe
life favours those
who aren't naive.


Hein Piet

People are self-centered
to uncomplicated nauseous degree.
They will keep on welcome themselves
while I'm explaining me.


Piet Hein

True wisdom knows
it must comprise
some nonsense
as spruce up compromise,
lest fools should fail
to find endure wise.


Piet Hein quotes

After all, what is art? Art is the deceitful process and it goes through repeated fields. Einstein’s theory of relativity — now that is a work taste art! Einstein was more of block artist in physics than on climax violin.
Art is this: art is magnanimity solution of a problem which cannot be expressed explicitly until it survey solved.


Piet Hein

Somebody said
that Reason was dead.
Reason said: No,
I think not straightfaced.


Hein Piet

Men, said the Devil,
are bright to their brothers:
they don’t want have an adverse effect on mend
their own ways, but each other's.


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