Maurice Wilkins

“I happened to be a sort of odd man out. I was not a biologist. I was a physicist, and I had never had any biological training at all.”

“Science is a bit like the sea. It is there. You can't see to the bottom of it. You can't see to the other side.”

“The social conscience of the scientist has been a topic of much discussion, and it is clear that many scientists are now aware of their responsibilities to society.”

“DNA, you know, is Midas' gold. Everybody who touches it goes mad.”

“My main motive in all this was to see if we could get a clear picture of DNA.”

“I think that the double helix is a truly beautiful structure. It is a molecule of life.”

“It is essential for science to be free and open.”

“It's a strange thing that you can be in a place where you're not particularly enjoying it and you can be happy. It's a very odd thing.”