The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

To define is to limit.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

The study of Shimura varieties is a meeting point of geometry, algebra, and number theory.

The novel is the book of life. In this sense, the Bible is a great confused novel. You may say, it is about God. But it is really about man alive.