Felix Bloch Quotes

Felix Bloch — Swiss Scientist born on October 23, 1905, died on September 10, 1983

Felix Bloch was a Swiss physicist, working mainly in the U.S. He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements." In 1954–1955, he served for one year as the first Director-General of CERN... (wikipedia)

Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!

I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.

Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America.

In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.

Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.