"I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature."

"Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science."

"I shall, in due time, be a poetical scientist."

"It is not the mere power of calculation that the Analytical Engine possesses. It is the power to combine, to arrange, to create."

"I have a profound respect for the power of the human mind, and I believe that machines can amplify that power."