The Langlands program is a testament to the beauty of mathematical abstraction.

做出伟大工作的唯一方法就是热爱你所做的事。

你越具体，就越普遍。

Design without functionality is art, but design with functionality changes lives.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.