I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had its roots in the soil.

"La literatura no es un espejo de la realidad, sino un martillo con el que darle forma."

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people， and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park， listened carefully to me， and finally said， "That sounds like a really good idea， but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job." That logic made some sense to me， and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light， it really was a difficult choice， but ultimately， I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration， I took the less safe path to follow my passion， and I'm proud of that choice.

I'm not a person who likes to be normal.

"The only thing that is truly beautiful is the soul."

The essence of computation is not in the hardware, but in the algorithms that drive it.

I am interested in how we see, and how we can represent that seeing.