The most successful societies in the world are those that have been able to combine the strengths of the state with the strengths of the market.
艺术家的地位是卑微的。他本质上是一个渠道。
If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.
"A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers."
Innovation is not just about new tools—it’s about new ways of thinking.
I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
We are all just walking each other home.