“Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing).”

“Proof' is the hallmark of religion.”

“A mathematician makes plans to travel backwards in time through a wormhole to a parallel universe when he can't even make it to Mars with the fastest rocket on hand today.”

“A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point, 1D into line, curved into geodesic...”

“Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.”

“Man steps on an ant when he can't catch the fly.”

“It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions.”