"Now not everyone thinks physics is fun, but I do.” Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

“When I was in grad school working on the project for which Gerard and I are being honoured, Cyndi Lauper had a big hit: Girls Just Want to Have Fun. But they wanted to wait until the working day is done. As for me, I want to have fun while I’m working. Now not everyone thinks physics is fun, but I do.”

Nobel Prize banquet speech by Donna Strickland, awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou.