Kurt Lewin Quotes

On Pragmatism: It's all very well in theory but it doesn't work in practice

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

The best theory is inspired by practice.

The best practice is inspired by theory.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

Science - or the products of science like technology - is just a way of achieving something real, something that happens, something that works.

If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

Theory can leave questions unanswered, but practice has to come up with something.

Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows .

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

Without theory we can only copy.

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.

It is not paradox to say that in our most theoretical moods we may be nearest to our most practical applications.

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.