Although raised on the farm – my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer – my father and his brother both became professors. – Philip Warren Anderson
The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult. – Philip Warren Anderson
I have also testified repeatedly and published some articles in favor of Small Science. – Philip Warren Anderson
My own work in spin glass and its consequences has formed some of the intellectual basis for these interests. – Philip Warren Anderson
The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe. – Philip Warren Anderson
I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play. – Philip Warren Anderson
An important impression was my father’s one Sabbatical year, spent in England and Europe in 1937. – Philip Warren Anderson
The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts. – Philip Warren Anderson
