I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.
The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
"The writer's duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable."
The essence of mathematics is not just in solving problems but in asking the right questions.