Rosalind Franklin

“The important thing is not to stop questioning, and never lose a holy curiosity.”

“We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.”

“The structure of DNA is the most important discovery in biology since Darwin's theory of evolution.”

“In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.”

“The results suggest a helical structure (which must be very closely packed) containing 2, 3 or 4 co‐axial nucleic acid chains per helical unit, and having the phosphate groups near the outside. Notes from November 1951 about Franklin's electron microscopy imaging of DNA, which led to Watson & Crick's publication of the structure of DNA by sixteen months. As quoted in How Rosalind Franklin Discovered the Helical Structure of DNA: Experiments in Diffraction (in The Physics Teacher 49, 140 (2011); doi: 10.1119/1.3555496), quoting Rosalind Franklin and DNA (2000), page 15.”

“What’s the use of doing all this work if we don't get some fun out of this? As quoted by Aaron Klug , interview , 17 June 2005 [1]”

“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. in answer to her father, who accused her of making science her religion, as related by Brenda Maddox (2003).  Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA‎ . Perennial. p. 61. ISBN 0060985089 .”