Intuition Is Your Greatest Gift
Yet when we see how shaky were the ostensible foundations on which Einstein built his theory, we can only marvel at the intuition that guided him to his masterpiece. Such intuition is the essence of genius. Were not the foundations of Newton's theory also shaky? And does this lessen his achievement? And did not Maxwell build on a wild mechanical model that he himself found unbelievable? By a sort of divination genius knows from the start in a nebulous way the goal toward which it must strive.
Banesh Hoffman in Einstein, Creator and Rebel
Banesh Hoffman in Einstein, Creator and Rebel