The beauty of topological insulators lies in their robustness; their surface states are protected by symmetry and topology, making them immune to certain types of disorder.

The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

Mathematics is a way of thinking, not just a collection of facts.

To write is to give shape to the unseen.

Life is about making an impact, not making an income.

Language is not a tool for describing reality, but a reality in itself.

I like to think about architecture as a kind of landscape.

The development of learning algorithms that can handle high-dimensional data is a major challenge in the field.