Its easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you dont change, your field changes around you. – Walter Gilbert
I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. – Walter Gilbert
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. – Walter Gilbert
Early on, its good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what youre writing about is not that relevant. – Walter Gilbert
What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with the innumerable; its efforts tend, on the contrary, to limit the numbers in all domains; it tries to count on its fingers. – Jean Dubuffet