"I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium and symptoms of schizophrenia."

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Source : Statement of 1996, as quoted in "Dr. Riemann's Zeros" by Karl Sabbagh, (p. 88), 2003.

John Forbes Nash

#Math Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“If you want to go quickly, go by yourself - if you want to go farther, go in a group.”
“Like when you pick up a book and you don't realize what type of text it is - it could be an essay, a novel, a biography - and at one point you realize you don't know where, as a reader, you want to be. Where are you going with this text? What is the goal? How are you supposed to interpret what you're reading? And people's responses vary - some dislike it, and are put off by the confusion, the lack of comprehension.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content.”
“If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.”
“Flawed characters... a ticking clock... morally questionable acts on all sides... moody, evocative art... oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love!”
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.”
“Without vanity a writer's work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession.”

Source : moss hart (1959). “act one”
“The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.”

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