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> [Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/aside-from-my-work-my-interests-lie-in-the-arts-and-in-world-affairs/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

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## More by Torsten Wiesel

> [The eye and brain are not like a fax machine, nor are there little people looking at the images coming in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/the-eye-and-brain-are-not-like-a-fax-machine-nor-are-there-little/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [Innate mechanisms endow the visual system with highly specific connections, but visual experience early in life is necessary for their maintenance and full development.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/innate-mechanisms-endow-the-visual-system-with-highly-specific/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [Oh, no, I was afraid of that! I'd better go and hide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/oh-no-i-was-afraid-of-that-i-d-better-go-and-hide/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [It takes a long time for a country to build a strong base in science, but only a short time to destroy it. Germany…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/it-takes-a-long-time-for-a-country-to-build-a-strong-base-in-science/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [Science is not an intelligence test. Intuition is important, knowing what kind of questions to ask. The other thing is a passion for getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/science-is-not-an-intelligence-test-intuition-is-important-knowing/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I decided to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/in-the-early-sixties-having-begun-to-describe-the-physiology-of-cells/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/after-forty-years-in-the-lab-i-was-asked-in-1991-to-become-president/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [In 1983, I became the Vincent and Brook Astor Professor at The Rockefeller University, where I established a new Laboratory of Neurobiology and continued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/in-1983-i-became-the-vincent-and-brook-astor-professor-at-the/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/i-cannot-think-of-a-greater-symbol-of-human-resistance-and-courage/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

> [Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/aside-from-my-work-my-interests-lie-in-the-arts-and-in-world-affairs/)

[Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/)

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