I don’t need approval, I need results.
As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist. For many are the obstacles that impede knowledge, both the obscurity of the question and the shortness of human life.
In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.