Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.
The study of Galois representations is a testament to the power of algebraic methods.
夢は、追いかけるものではなく、追いかけられるものだ。
The way to learn about the mind is to reverse-engineer it: to figure out what natural selection designed it to accomplish.
I think you have to have an attitude of willingness to accept failure, which is part of innovation.