The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way.

生物的美不在于组成它的原子，而在于这些原子如何被组合在一起。

The arithmetic of algebraic varieties is a window into the hidden structures of mathematics.

文章的妙处在于，用一句话就能说尽天下的道理。