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“I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN's excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world.”
“Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.”
“From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter.”
“CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.”
“My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.”
“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.”
“For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.”
“Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.”
“I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.”
“The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.”
“There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.”
“The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.”
“Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.”
“Our research is so complex that the resources of a single region of the world are no longer enough - both intellectually and economically, it must be a global effort.”
“CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.”
“Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new.”
“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.”
“It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.”
“In the big experiments, Atlas and CMS, we have something like 3,000 scientists each, and over 60 nationalities.”
“Diversity is really a richness for mankind.”