If I may take the liberty to speak for science at least, today his name and his prizes are without a peer in the world. He not only elevates science but he influences it as well.
However, if you listen to me I think you can hear years of abuse in my voice - both bad abuse and good abuse.
And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.