I have the impression that the new generation of young people, are coming up on the scene with a sense "ancestorhood", and with more wisdom than was evident before.

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

What you see in living systems, and in genetic systems, is that the genes are already there, having arisen in the course of time, and when they are needed they become activated. If they had to be invented, the time would be too late.

My life is pretty well at peace, and the profession is more of an avocation. It's a calling, if you like, rather than a job. I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would.