The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way.

"Poetry is the establishment of being by means of the word."

写作是一种勇气的行为。

The power of mathematics comes from its ability to abstract and generalize, turning specific problems into universal truths.