In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I decided to investigate how the highly specific response properties of cortical cells emerged during postnatal development. — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
The eye and brain are not like a fax machine, nor are there little people looking at the images coming in. — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
Innate mechanisms endow the visual system with highly specific connections, but visual experience early in life is necessary for their maintenance and full development.… — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
It takes a long time for a country to build a strong base in science, but only a short time to destroy it. Germany… — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
Science is not an intelligence test. Intuition is important, knowing what kind of questions to ask. The other thing is a passion for getting… — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I decided to… — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president… — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
In 1983, I became the Vincent and Brook Astor Professor at The Rockefeller University, where I established a new Laboratory of Neurobiology and continued… — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov. — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs. — Torsten Wiesel Copy Share Image
