You can't live in the world without an idea of the world, but it's living that makes the ideas. You can't wait for a theory, but you have to have a theory.

Tony Kushner
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In this quote, Albert Einstein is telling us that ideas are essential to living. We cannot live without a sense of what surrounds us. We must have a vision of what this world is or will be. But we can live with a vision only if we have a theory of the world.

The theory is based on our vision and will help shape our lives as we strive to achieve the goals that we set for ourselves. Without having a theory, we would be lost in the midst of the endless possibilities that surround us.

Source: Angels In America

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