逃离平庸的唯一方法就是细致地观察它。
The only way to escape the mundane is to meticulously observe it.
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.
Aim to die broke. Give to your beneficiaries before you die； it’s more fun and useful. Spend it all. Your last check should go to the funeral home and it should bounce.
自守表示的研究是理解朗兰兹猜想的关键。
Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.
如果战略达到了目标，它就是有用的；如果战略实现了目标，它就是成功的。
Art is free, it should not be bound by any framework. 艺术是自由的，它不应该被任何框架束缚。
The universe speaks in the language of mathematics, and we are its humble interpreters.
我不是为评论家做音乐，我是为人们做音乐。
——在广州全国青年联合会演说，1923年10月21日