Rosalind Franklin

A good experiment is worth a thousand theories.

I am not easily deterred.

The more complex the problem, the more satisfying the solution.

I have a healthy skepticism for everything.

My work is my legacy.

I believe in evidence, not in hearsay.

One must be prepared for anything in the lab.

I don't suffer fools gladly.

The universe is full of mysteries waiting to be solved.

I am not interested in fame, only in truth.

A sharp mind is a scientist's best tool.

I prefer to let my work speak for itself.

There's always more to learn.

Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, is very often a way of life, a way of thinking, a way of approaching problems.

I believe that if you are a scientist, you must be a realist. You must be prepared to accept what the evidence tells you, no matter how uncomfortable it may be.

The more I see, the more I am convinced that everything is connected, and that understanding one part helps to understand the whole.

There is a beauty in the precision of nature, a profound elegance in its underlying order.

To truly understand something, you must be willing to dismantle it, to see its components, and then to reconstruct it in your mind.

The pursuit of knowledge is a lonely path, but it is also one of the most rewarding.

We are all trying to make sense of the world, each in our own way, with the tools we have.