The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is fortunate that this tool, while tricky, is extraordinarily powerful and convenient.

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time.

Pictures were completely eliminated from mathematics; in particular when I was young this happened in a very strong fashion.

Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians.

Asking the right questions is as important as answering them

An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.

Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.