Frankly, I guess, I don't really understand why people, why so many people, are so risk averse. You know, there's always ways to wiggle your way out of any situation if you're motivated enough. — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
It's nice to be able to look at one protein, but life is driven by the interactions between proteins, so it's really essential to be able to see multiple proteins at a time to understand these interactions. — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
One thing I liked about being in microscopy is it gets you out of your box constantly because there's such a diverse range of… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down. — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted. — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
I was born in 1960 and can still tell you the name of every astronaut from Mercury to Apollo. If I had a chance,… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and institution can go belly up at… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
Sometimes I make an analogy that each scientific paper is like putting out another record. And some people have careers that are nothing but… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
The eventual goal is to marry all of my work together to make a high-speed, high-resolution, low-impact tool that can look deep inside biological… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
The question was, 'Is there a way of minimizing the amount of damage you're doing so that you can then study cells in a… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
Honestly, I feel you are poisoned if you read too much of the scientific literature because it makes you start thinking like other people.… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
