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

I’ve never been afraid of death. It’s the process of dying that worries me.

"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so used to thinking of it as a camera or a tape recorder, but it's not like that at all. It's more like a painter. It creates a picture, but it's not always the same picture."