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> [When the basic status of a theory is clear, and all that needs to be cleared are details, you can collaborate. But if the main structure of a hypothesis isn't established, and you want to change the paradigm - like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/when-the-basic-status-of-a-theory-is-clear-and-all-that-needs-to-be/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

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> [I can only speak for particle physics. But it has become obvious that on the experimental side, there has been a huge evolution in the number of people who have to collaborate because of the gigantic size of the instruments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/i-can-only-speak-for-particle-physics-but-it-has-become-obvious-that/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

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## More by Peter Higgs

> [I'm a fan of supersymmetry, largely because it seems to be the only route by which gravity can be brought into the scheme. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/i-m-a-fan-of-supersymmetry-largely-because-it-seems-to-be-the-only/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [As a theoretician, I am proud to be part of a counter revolution... discovering that quantum field theory language was not dead and finished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/as-a-theoretician-i-am-proud-to-be-part-of-a-counter-revolution/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [The Nobel Prize has been a disturbance at the beginning of October for some years. It would be gratifying to win, but it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/the-nobel-prize-has-been-a-disturbance-at-the-beginning-of-october/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [I was already, I think, at the age of 18, showing signs of being incompetent in the lab.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/i-was-already-i-think-at-the-age-of-18-showing-signs-of-being/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that goddamn particle'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/that-name-was-a-kind-of-joke-and-not-a-very-good-one-an-author-leon/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [When my wife and I got married, she thought of me being an easygoing person, and I warned her I wasn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/when-my-wife-and-i-got-married-she-thought-of-me-being-an-easygoing/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [In 2002, a Scottish journalist, during a dinner meant to be private, absolutely wanted me to react to Stephen Hawking's comments. I said one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/in-2002-a-scottish-journalist-during-a-dinner-meant-to-be-private/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/nobody-else-took-what-i-was-doing-seriously-so-nobody-would-want-to/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [Between 1972 and 1976, I really didn't do much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/between-1972-and-1976-i-really-didn-t-do-much/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [It shouldn't be a Higgs field. If it's anybody's, it should be Goldstone field, I think. When Nambu wrote his short paper in 1960,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/it-shouldn-t-be-a-higgs-field-if-it-s-anybody-s-it-should-be/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [My first visit to the Large Hadron Collider was in April 2008, before it started up, and CERN had some open days. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/my-first-visit-to-the-large-hadron-collider-was-in-april-2008-before/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [I was an embarrassment to the department when they did research assessment exercises. A message would go round the department: 'Please give a list…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/i-was-an-embarrassment-to-the-department-when-they-did-research/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [I'm rather cynical about the way the honours system is used, frankly. A whole lot of the honours system is used for political purposes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/i-m-rather-cynical-about-the-way-the-honours-system-is-used-frankly-a/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [The growth of our understanding of the world through science weakens some of the motivation which makes people believers. But that's not the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/the-growth-of-our-understanding-of-the-world-through-science-weakens/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

> [I'm a great admirer of 'The Simpsons.' It's very surprising because it's backed by a right-wing television company in the U.S., and quite often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/i-m-a-great-admirer-of-the-simpsons-it-s-very-surprising-because-it-s/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

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