“I just kind of figured that the marine biology would be a career, and ...” — Stephen Hillenburg Quote

“I just kind of figured that the marine biology would be a career, and the art would be something I did for my own self-expression.”

“I was thinking about what would it be, what would the characters be like, and it just suddenly dawned on me that, hey, nobody is doing an underseas show. So I started drawing these weird invertebrate animals, various characters like crawfish and starfish and squids and sponge.”

“I think the source of SpongeBob's humour is classic, and that's always appealing.”

“One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.”

“The real frontier is making these hybrid systems where you expand the capabilities of biology with chemistry.”

“The difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics is a bit like the difference between biology and medicine. Knowing that certain genes increase the risk of cancer is relatively easy. Figuring out exactly which people will get sick, or how to cure them, is a lot more complicated.”