The deeper you go into mathematics, the more you realize how much remains unknown.
I create not to cater to the market but to express myself.
The best discoveries are those that raise more questions than they answer.
True innovation comes from the relentless pursuit of details.
So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
相信你能做到,你已经成功了一半。