If you want to win a Nobel Prize, you should not think about winning a Nobel Prize.
如果你想赢得诺贝尔奖，就不应该想着赢得诺贝尔奖。
The artist's role is to disturb the peace.
数学不是一门演绎科学——那是陈词滥调。当你试图证明一个定理时，你不仅仅是列出假设然后开始推理。你所做的是反复试验、实验和猜测。
The most interesting art happens at the edges of disciplines.
从出生一开始的教育，是一种对生命必要的帮助。
历史不仅仅是发生了什么，而是可能发生了什么。
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them.