[The] amount of search is not a measure of the amount of intelligence being exhibited. What makes a problem a problem is not that a large amount of s…

- Allen Newell

It has been a long road from Plato's Meno to the present, but it is perhaps encouraging that most of the progress along that road has been made since…

- Allen Newell

The Physical Symbol System Hypothesis. A physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for general intelligent action.

- Allen Newell

In joint scientific efforts extending over twenty years, initially in collaboration with J. C. Shaw at the RAND Corporation, and subsequently with nu…

- Allen Newell

The single most important thing in coaching is turning out educated kids who are ready for society.

- Allen Newell