Dorothy Hodgkin Quotes

Pursue science because it is knowledge, because it broadens our horizons. There is so much more to be discovered.

I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.

The thing I love about science is finding out something new and different.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems... It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.

If I experiment enough, I get a deeper understanding.

Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what's there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

I'm very interested in science.

For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

I love to be a scientist. I've always enjoyed being curious.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.