• My life is pretty well at peace, and the profession is more of an avocation. It's a calling, if you like, rather than a job. I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would.

    Jonas Salk: My life is pretty well at peace, and the profession is more of an avocation. It's a calling, if you like, rather than a job. I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would.
    "Congressional Gold Medal". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 16, 1991.