God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
George Washington CarverAll flowers talk to me and so do hundreds of little living things in the woods. I learn what I know by watching and loving everything.
George Washington CarverMy prayers seem to be more of an attitude than anything else. I indulge in very little lip service, but ask the Great Creator silently, daily, and often many times a day, to permit me to speak to Him through the three great Kingdoms of the world which He has created - the animal, mineral, and vegetable Kingdoms - to understand their relations to each other, and our relations to them and to the Great God who made all of us. I ask Him daily and often momently to give me wisdom, understanding, and bodily strength to do His will; hence I am asking and receiving all the time.
George Washington CarverNever a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms.
George Washington CarverI went to the trash pile at Tuskegee Institute and started my laboratory with bottles, old fruit jars and any other thing I found I could use. ... [The early efforts were] worked out almost wholly on top of my flat topped writing desk and with teacups, glasses, bottles and reagents I made myself.
George Washington Carver