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.
The theory of reductive groups is the backbone of the Langlands program.
The most profound discoveries in mathematics often come from questioning the most basic assumptions.
农业创新不仅仅是新工具,而是改变思维方式。
The psychologist must avoid all forms of reductionism.
There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.