K. Barry Sharpless Quote

The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland background from which the intriguing bits pop out like Venus in the evening sky. The goal is always finding something new, hopefully unimagined and, better still, hitherto unimaginable.


Nobel lecture, 2001


The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland background...

The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland background...

The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland background...

The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland background...