Not actually an answer to the question, but interesting read. Despite the title, Newton's quotes and 'quotes' are discussed also: https://aeon.co/essays/why-do-we-love-to-quote-and-misquote-albert-einstein On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 1:05 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
I could've sworn that Isaac Newton, when asked how he got his solutions to math and physics problems, replied "By thinking upon them constantly", but I've tried entering this sentence (and semantically-equivalent variants) into Google, and I haven't been able to find it.
Does anyone know the quote I'm mis-remembering?
I should say I've done my due diligence (five minutes with a search engine) before daring to bother you all.
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