The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

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.

The true measure of our success in grain production lies not in the yield alone, but in how we balance productivity with environmental stewardship.

History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.