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" Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before. "

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" I imagined there would be a way to crack the diffraction barrier. But of course I didn't know exactly how it would work, but I had a gut feeling that there must be something, and so I tried to think about it, to be creative. "

" Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few. "

" Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come - even if it came in a - living room - or to someone - with a humble living. "

" It's childish, but it still gives me great pleasure to see high-res pictures everyone told me would be impossible. "

" I got bored with the topic; I felt this was 19th century physics. I was wondering if there was still something profound that could be made with light microscopy. So I saw that the diffraction barrier was the only important problem that had been left over. "

" I love to be a scientist. I've always enjoyed being curious. "

" I've always enjoyed doing challenging things and also challenging common wisdom. "

" When morning comes, you would better find yourself saying: 'I have so many choices of what to do or what to leave - every morning, every day. I better judge for myself, and - go ahead and do it.' "

" There is still refinement needed - we are working on being able to do the same things at lower light levels and with a larger field of view. "