Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.
I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.
I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.
I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.
I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.
To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.
The attractions of ceramics lie partly in its contradictions. It is both difficult and easy, with an element beyond our control. It is both extremely fragile and durable. Like 'Sumi' ink painting, it does not lend itself to erasures and indecision.
To see more is to become more.
I don't believe in fate, because I'm not spiritual, but things do seem to work out.
The world is a story we tell ourselves about the world.