The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.

Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to have some fantasy.

With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature.