It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

- Paul Nurse

Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment and observation, They d…

- Paul Nurse

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

- Paul Nurse

Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the n…

- Paul Nurse

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

- Paul Nurse

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to impr…

- Paul Nurse

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

- Paul Nurse

My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were…

- Paul Nurse

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time …

- Paul Nurse