After Quote by Rita Levi-Montalcini

As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience- than when i was 20.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and instilled in…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened,…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of the invasion…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

You've been thinking about something without willing to for a long time...Then, all of a sudden, the problem is opened to you in a…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini