1983年12月，杨振宁向邓小平建议

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The dialogue between science and society must be continuous and transparent.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

The opera is a beautiful and irrational world. One could spend a lifetime listening and still not understand everything.

"The human figure is the most challenging and rewarding subject for an artist."

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.