Arthur Eddington - The mathematical theory of relativity (1920)

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Our ultimate analysis of space leads us not to a 'here' and a 'there', but to an extension such as that which relates 'here' and 'there' To put the conclusion rather crudely—space is not a lot of points close together; it is a lot of distances interlocked.

Arthur Eddington

We have not to discover the properties of a thing which we have recognized in nature, but to discover how to recognize in nature a thing whose properties we have assigned.

Arthur Eddington

An electron would not know how large it ought to be unless there existed independent lengths in space for it to measure itself against.

Arthur Eddington

Results of measurements are the subject-matter of physics; and the moral of the theory of relativity is that we can only comprehend what the physical quantities stand for if we first comprehend what they are.

Arthur Eddington