--- title: "4 Stephanie Kwolek Quotes - Famous Chemist" description: "Stephanie Louise Kwolek was a Polish-American chemist known for inventing Kevlar. Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b095/author-stephanie-kwolek-65494.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Stephanie Kwolek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b095/author-stephanie-kwolek-65494.jpg) # Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014) Chemist **4** quotes in **56** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stephanie Kwolek was a chemist. ## Quick Facts About Stephanie Kwolek Born July 31, 1923 Died June 18, 2014 Profession Chemist ## About Stephanie Kwolek Stephanie Louise Kwolek was a Polish-American chemist known for inventing Kevlar. Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. ## Quotes by Stephanie Kwolek > [ \[At DuPont,\] I was very fortunate that I worked under men who were very much interested in making discoveries and inventions. They… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-kwolek/at-dupont-i-was-very-fortunate-that-i-worked-under-men-who-were-very/) Stephanie Kwolek [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/stephanie-kwolek-65494_able_at-dupont-i-was-very-fortunate-that-i-wo_1631166.jpg) > [All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-kwolek/all-sorts-of-things-can-happen-when-you-re-open-to-new-ideas-and/) Stephanie Kwolek [Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/stephanie-kwolek-65494_funny_all-sorts-of-things-can-happen-when-you_1905157.png) > [I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-kwolek/i-tell-young-people-to-reach-for-the-stars-and-i-can-t-think-of-a/) Stephanie Kwolek [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/stephanie-kwolek-65494_astronomy_i-tell-young-people-to-reach-for-the-sta_2132593.png) > [I was working with these very long-chain ... extended-chain polymers, where you had a lot of benzene rings in them. ... Transforming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-kwolek/i-was-working-with-these-very-long-chain-extended-chain-polymers/) Stephanie Kwolek [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/stephanie-kwolek-65494_benzene_i-was-working-with-these-very-long-chain_2604573.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-kwolek/#itemlist", "name": "Stephanie Kwolek Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[At DuPont,] I was very fortunate that I worked under men who were very much interested in making discoveries and inventions. They were very much interested in what they were doing, and they left me alone. And I was able to experiment on my own, and I found this very stimulating. 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