I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

It is not the computer's fault that Maxwell's equations are not adequate to design the electric motor.

I don’t let the future define me, I let it refine me.

科学家研究自然并非因为它有用；他研究它是因为他从中获得乐趣，而他从中获得乐趣是因为它是美丽的。