I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.

There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did.

Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe. There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.

When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?"

People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think.

I wish I didn't have daily problems to deal with, so that I could just concentrate on learning more, every single day.

I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work. I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It's fascinating because you learn a new field each time.