To do mathematics is to engage in a dialogue with the universe, seeking answers to questions we may not even know how to ask yet.
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.
Every song I create has its own story.
The story is a machine to think with.
The only way to defeat death is through stories.
The aim of proof is to understand, not just to verify.
不要陷入片段问题，而应该时刻展望整个伟大的问题，即使这个视野还不够清晰。