A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art.Quote by Richard Ernst about art, magic, love
At the age of 13, I found in the attic a case filled with chemicals, remainders of an uncle who died in 1923 and was, as a metallurgical engineer, interested in chemistry and photography.Quote by Richard Ernst about photography, age, olderness
During my last years at Varian (1966-68), we developed numerous computer applications in spectroscopy for automated experiments and improved data processing.
Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in 1962 with a feeling like an artist balancing on a high rope without any interested spectators.Quote by Richard Ernst about artists, faith, time
Finally in the summer of 1974, we tried our first experiments in desperate need of results to be presented at the VIth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Kandersteg, 1974.Quote by Richard Ernst about need
From then on, the development of multi-dimensional spectroscopy went very fast, inside and outside of our research group.Quote by Richard Ernst about evolution, fasting, research
However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.Quote by Richard Ernst about books, city, home
I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.Quote by Richard Ernst about intention, career, present, chance
I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents.Quote by Richard Ernst about air, parents, home, house
I had the great luck to grow up, together with two sisters, in a town that combined in a unique way artistic and industrious activities.Quote by Richard Ernst about bad luck, good luck, city
I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.Quote by Richard Ernst about teaching, research
I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States.
I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.Quote by Richard Ernst about nature
In parallel, we developed the theoretical background for the experiments we had in mind as well as for the optimum performance of the instruments.Quote by Richard Ernst about mind
In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of ETH-Z of which I am presently the president.Quote by Richard Ernst about research, work, time
Invaluable art collections and a small but first rank symphony orchestra carry the fame of Winterthur far across the borders of Switzerland.Quote by Richard Ernst about fame, art, magic
Much of his and also my time was spent on designing and building advanced electronic equipment for improved NMR spectrometers.Quote by Richard Ernst about time
My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city.Quote by Richard Ernst about teaching, city, school
My own work dealt with the construction of high sensitivity radio frequency preamplifiers and in particular high sensitivity probe assemblies, initially for a 25 MHz, later for a 75 MHz proton resonance spectrometer.Quote by Richard Ernst about work