We must be able to imagine, and to be aware of, a large part of an inconceivable reality.Carlo Rovelli
Time is a network of relations that we project onto the world.Carlo Rovelli
Prejudice combined with lack of cultural preparation makes us blind to the unexpected.Carlo Rovelli
The world is not a collection of things, it is a collection of events.Carlo Rovelli
The heat of black holes is like the Rosetta Stone of physics, written in a combination of three languages – quantum, gravitational and thermodynamic – still awaiting decipherment in order to reveal the true nature of time.Carlo Rovelli
Reality is only interaction.Carlo Rovelli
Science is born from the desire to transform the miracle into knowledge, but a knowledge that does not take away the sense of the miraculous and mysterious.Carlo Rovelli
Quantum mechanics is not about 'how things are' but about 'what we can say about things'.Carlo Rovelli
If I observe the microscopic state of things, then the difference between past and future vanishes ... in the elementary grammar of things, there is no distinction between 'cause' and 'effect'.Carlo Rovelli
I stopped getting old at the age of 47. Things do not happen one day, calendar in hand. They happen slowly.Carlo Rovelli