Jacob Epstein Quotes
When I was doing Professor Albert Einstein's bust he had many a jibe at the Nazi professors, one hundred of whom had condemned his theory of relativity in a book. 'Were I wrong,' he said, 'one professor would have been enough.
Epstein, Jacob. Let There Be Sculpture. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940, p. 94.
Actually “normalcy” was not a theory but a slogan or a codeword. See {624061}.
Gross and the Nazi official party line completely rejected what some called “Jewish Science” the new world of Theoretical Physics that had grown out of Einstein’s early 20th century work. Although Einstein and most of the great German physicists fled Germany for America, England and Scandinavia, there were Heisenberg and enough left that Germany was probably capable of development of an atomic weapon. But since such a weapon would have been based on politically unacceptable “Jewish science,” no one would dare suggest it seriously. Ironically, Gross actually thought that The Theory of Relativity was only a theory which by that time, it was not and had been validated by physicists the world over—including Germany. The German scientists were directed at traditional German technology to develop jet airplanes and long range rockets, both of which they developed successfully. It was however too late to make a difference, and if these weapons were strong enough to defend Germany from invasion, the first Atomic bombs would have been dropped on Germany as that was the plan and the major purpose of development. Only the collapse of Germany under the allied attacks, moved the target from Germany to Japan.
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged ideas on what was appropriate subject matter for public artworks. He also made paintings and drawings, and often exhibited his work.
