Now some advantages particular to this age are not to be denied. Boredom seems to have been vanquished. There is always something to do, but hasn’t this translated into a perpetual distraction in our lives.

杰出成就的秘诀不是天赋，而是被称为坚毅的激情与坚持的特殊结合。

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

"写作是一种勇气，因为它要求我们面对自己内心最深处的恐惧和欲望。"

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.

“我们能体验到的最美丽的东西是神秘的。它是所有真正艺术和科学的源泉。”

The only way to be truly contemporary is to be untimely.

我觉得自己很平凡，只是学了一点音乐而已。

You are somebody who didn't know what you wanted until you wrote it down on paper.

I don’t create utopias; I make what is possible.