We are very lucky to be living in an age in which we are still making discoveries. It is like the discovery of America-you only discover it once. The age in which we live is the age in which we are discovering the fundamental laws of nature, and that day will never come again. It is very exciting, it is marvelous, but this excitement will have to go.

The whole question of imagination in science is often misunderstood by people in other disciplines. ... They overlook the fact that whatever we are allowed to imagine in science must be consistent with everything else we know.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way--in such a way that often nobody believes me!

People who wish to analyze nature without using mathematics must settle for a reduced understanding.

I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.

You know how it always is, every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem. It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.