“One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.”
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No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.
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This wording, beginning "One of the strongest motives that lead men to art…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on strongest, motives, science. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to science and creativity.
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