The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them.

There are three creative ideas which, each in its turn, have been central to science. They are the idea of order, the idea of causes, and the idea of chance.

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think.

A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature. He does so by finding a likeness between things which were not thought alike before.

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science is to walk with open eyes towards slavery.