The most profound ideas in mathematics often arise from the simplest observations.

Dictatorship is the natural enemy of literature.

I write songs not for awards but because I love it.

We don't have to sacrifice taste for sustainability—we can have both.

"I am not interested in the surface of things, but in what lies beneath."

Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.

"Words are the mirrors of our thoughts."

我歌唱不是因为我看不见，而是因为我有声音。