Through the window of my mask I see a wall of coral, its surface a living kaleidoscope of lilac flecks, splashes of gold, reddish streaks and yellows, all tinged by the familiar transparent blue of the sea.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?

In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.