Quotes from Frank Wilczek

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that 'nothing' is unstable.

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself — nature does it for you.

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

Why is there something rather than nothing?