Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation.

I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more successful, so in the end 'hexuronic acid' was agreed upon. To-day the substance is called 'ascorbic acid' and I will use this name.

Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.

Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with.

Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind.

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground.