Quotes by Philip Warren Anderson

Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors. (Philip Warren Anderson)

For their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems. (Philip Warren Anderson)

I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play. (Philip Warren Anderson)

I have also testified repeatedly and published some articles in favor of Small Science. (Philip Warren Anderson)

Nonetheless in time I relaxed and enjoyed the experience of Harvard, and was in the end pleasantly surprised to come out with a good record. (Philip Warren Anderson)

The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe. (Philip Warren Anderson)

The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts. (Philip Warren Anderson)

The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult. (Philip Warren Anderson)

The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands. (Philip Warren Anderson)

We have kept our cottage on the cliffs of Cornwall, and our custom of seeing English and other friends in April there. (Philip Warren Anderson)