The conjectures of the Langlands program are not merely problems to be solved but a vision of how mathematics should be.

作家的任务是照亮人类灵魂的阴影。

If someone tells you he is going to make a “realistic decision”, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument.

最伟大的艺术存在于生活中最简单的时刻。