The greatest art is found in the simplest moments of life.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

我唯一真正快乐的时候是在水里的时候。

A good mathematician is not one who knows all the answers, but one who asks the right questions.

压力是一种特权——它意味着你有机会做一些伟大的事情。

I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.

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