If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but it takes a genius to make a profound mistake.

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts science on matters of fact, religion must yield.

In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in physics, you're hoping to convince Nature. And I've found Nature to be pretty reasonable.