Biographies Quote by Freeman Dyson

At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life.

— John Vane

It was a very creative atmosphere in my family, for sure.

— Sean Gunn

When I was little, I just was very tuned in to the functionality and aesthetics of things around me.

— Thomas Heatherwick

I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.

— Umberto Eco

I was an imaginative kid. My sister needed entertaining, whereas I was the one under the table playing with a bit of fluff on…

— Holly Willoughby

For some reason, on that sparkling afternoon last week, I actually saw the coal that was passing by and it set me to thinking…

— Nick Clooney

As soon as I was old enough to peer over the worktops, I remember being fascinated by what went on in the kitchen. It…

— Jamie Oliver

I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms…

— Mako

From the time I began to read, as a child, I loved to feel their heft in my hand and the warm spot caused…

— Rita Dove

I was really inspired by keeping alive these things of my childhood.

— Tom Noddy

Of everything with 'The Room' that came out of it, I feel like being able to write, and tap back into that passion, was…

— Greg Sestero

My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged…

— Wayne Thiebaud