The conjectures of the Langlands program are a challenge to the next generation of mathematicians.

Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits every possible pattern.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Making music is not to make others like it, but to make myself happy.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.