Beauty is not an end in itself, but the result of a perfect solution to a problem.
"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."
Understanding the real lives of the poor is the first step toward designing effective policies to help them.
"I'm a beast, I'm a dog, I'm a motherfucking problem."
The next breakthrough won't come from doing things better, but from doing better things.
The best way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.