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String theory is extremely attractive because gravity is forced upon us. All known consistent string theories include gravity, so while gravity is impossible in quantum field theory as we have known it, it is obligatory in string theory.

— Edward Witten

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It would be silly to throw away the right answer because we don't like it.

Good wrong ideas are extremely scarce... and good wrong ideas that even remotely rival the majesty of string theory have never been seen.

It is very possible that a proper understanding of string theory will make the space-time continuum melt away.... String theory is a miracle through and through.

Generally speaking, all the really great ideas of physics are really spin-offs of string theory... Some of them were discovered first, but I consider that a mere accident of the development on planet earth.

It was clear that if I didn't spend the rest of my life concentrating on string theory, I would simply be missing my life's calling.

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