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> [The art of doing science is doing the important things first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-art-of-doing-science-is-doing-the-important-things-first/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

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## More by Sydney Brenner

> [I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-lived-at-home-and-i-cycled-every-morning-to-the-railway-station-to/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [I also became interested in chemistry and gradually accumulated enough test tubes and other glassware to do chemical experiments, using small quantities of chemicals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-also-became-interested-in-chemistry-and-gradually-accumulated/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [The thing I'm most interested in is the nervous system. How do brains grow? How do genes build complicated nervous systems?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-thing-i-m-most-interested-in-is-the-nervous-system-how-do-brains/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [I sometimes say I am the extinguished professor, because what I'd really like to be is the postdoc, to have that kind of thinking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-sometimes-say-i-am-the-extinguished-professor-because-what-i-d/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/living-most-of-the-time-in-a-world-created-mostly-in-one-s-head-does/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/in-1995-i-founded-the-molecular-sciences-institute-with-a-gift-from/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/there-was-still-food-rationing-in-england-and-life-was-difficult-all/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [I went in with Jack and Leslie, into this room that was lined with brick, and there on the side I can remember very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-went-in-with-jack-and-leslie-into-this-room-that-was-lined-with/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-modern-computer-hovers-between-the-obsolescent-and-the-nonexistent/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [There's no exploration anymore, except in a very few places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/there-s-no-exploration-anymore-except-in-a-very-few-places/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Innovation comes only from an assault on the unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/innovation-comes-only-from-an-assault-on-the-unknown/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [“During this time (at high school) I discovered the Public Library... It was here that I found a source of knowledge and the means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/during-this-time-at-high-school-i-discovered-the-public-library-it/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [The most important thing today is for young people to take responsibility, to actually know how to formulate an idea and how to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-most-important-thing-today-is-for-young-people-to-take/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/progress-in-science-depends-on-new-techniques-new-discoveries-and-new/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Have you tried neuroxing papers? It.'s a very easy and cheap process. You hold the page in front of your eyes and you let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/have-you-tried-neuroxing-papers-it-s-a-very-easy-and-cheap-process/)

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